Sunday, January 31, 1943

From the day

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The Headlines

TWO BLOWS IN DAY; British Fliers Hit Nazi Capital Just at Talks by Goering, Goebbels

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There Are Such Things

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: German field marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed two days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Franz Schubert (1797)
• Kenzaburō Ōe (1935)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938)
• Norman Mailer (1923)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)