Thursday, March 4, 1943

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The Headlines

King George Has Job In Munitions Factory

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I've Heard That Song Before

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.

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• World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
• Miriam Makeba (1932)
• Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
• Alpha Condé (1938)
• Prince Henry the Navigator (1394)

Slang

Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)