Friday, January 22, 1943

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The Headlines

Reich Forbids Folketing Election In Denmark on a Democratic Basis; NO FREE ELECTIONS, REICH TELLS DANES

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There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

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On This Day

• World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Lord Byron (1788)
• Francis Bacon (1561)
• Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
• Antonio Gramsci (1891)
• August Strindberg (1849)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)