Friday, July 10, 1942

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The Headlines

Nazis Left Scene At 10 Knots; SOVIET SUBMARINE SAVED BIG CONVOY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sleepy Lagoon

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero"), which the US Navy then uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Nikola Tesla (1856)
• Marcel Proust (1871)
• Mahathir Mohamad (1925)
• John Calvin (1509)
• Alice Munro (1931)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)