Sunday, March 21, 1943

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The Headlines

NAVY FENCERS WIN 3-WEAPON HONORS; Cox Leads Team to Its Third Title of Tourney -- N.Y.U. Annexes Foils Trophy VICTORIOUS NAVY FENCERS WITH THE THREE-WEAPON TROPHY Navy Wins Three-Weapon Title, Dethroning N.Y.U. Fencing Team

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I've Heard That Song Before

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On This Day

• Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685)
• Joseph Fourier (1768)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
• Benito Juárez (1806)
• Jean Paul (1763)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)