Sunday, November 8, 1942

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The Headlines

M'KELVEY ANNEXES HORSE SHOW TITLE; Glen Ridge Youth Equitation Victor in National Event -- Maclay Trophy to Dunn

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White Christmas

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alain Delon (1935)
• Bram Stoker (1847)
• Margaret Mitchell (1900)
• Edmond Halley (1656)
• Gottlob Frege (1848)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)