Sunday, May 16, 1943

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The Headlines

King and Queen Attend Racing at Ascot; War's First Meet There Shorn of Frills; Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES.

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I've Heard That Song Before

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The must-have

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On This Day

• The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.

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• Operation Chastise is undertaken by RAF Bomber Command with specially equipped Avro Lancasters to destroy the Mohne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr valley.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Henry Fonda (1905)
• Pope Innocent XI (1611)
• Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
• Celâl Bayar (1883)
• William H. Seward (1801)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)