Monday, November 9, 1942

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The Headlines

Allied Bombers Hit 5 Ships In Moroccan Air-Naval Battle; FRENCH MOROCCO A SCENE OF COMBAT ALLIED PLANES HIT SHIPS AT MOROCCO

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• Battle of Stalingrad: German forces of the 6th Army under general Friedrich Paulus reach the river bank of the Volga, capturing 90% of the ruined city of Stalingrad and splitting the remaining Soviet forces into two narrow pockets.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ivan Turgenev (1818)
• Carl Sagan (1934)
• Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
• Edward VII (1841)
• Imre Kertész (1929)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)