Tuesday, February 2, 1943

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The Headlines

JAPANESE CLAIM 5 ALLIED WARSHIPS; Tokyo Says Planes Sank Two Battleships, 3 Cruisers in the Solomons -- OWI Skeptical BLOWS TRADED IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC JAPANESE CLAIM 5 ALLIED WARSHIPS

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The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city.

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You Share a Birthday With

• James Joyce (1882)
• Ayn Rand (1905)
• Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926)
• Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)
• Pope Benedict XIII (1650)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)