Saturday, January 23, 1943

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The Headlines

SANANANDA FALLS IN ALLIED CLEAN-UP; Japanese Lose Last Hold in Papua -- Our Bombers Sink 4 Enemy Ships at Rabaul

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There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Hilbert (1862)
• Stendhal (1783)
• Édouard Manet (1832)
• Derek Walcott (1930)
• Hideki Yukawa (1907)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)