Wednesday, July 22, 1942

From the day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

U.S. NAVY SCORES; More Destroyers Sunk in Submarine Attacks on Foe Off Kiska PLANES RAID CAMP THERE Army Fliers Also Bomb Ships -- Japanese Force in Isles Estimated at 20,000 JAPANESE SUFFER NEW ALEUTIAN LOSSES U.S. SUBMARINES SCORE OFF KISKA

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Jingle Jangle Jingle

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The United States government begins compulsory civilian gasoline rationing due to the wartime demands.

  Wikipedia →

• Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.

  Wikipedia →

You Share a Birthday With

• Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
• Janusz Korczak (1878)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
• Selman Waksman (1888)
• Louise Fletcher (1934)

Slang

Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)