Tuesday, October 19, 1943

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The Headlines

RAIL UNION CHIEFS WILL PUT STRIKE UP TO UNION VOTE; Most of 1,350,000 Transport and Non-Operating Workers Expected to Favor Walkout

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On This Day

• Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

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• The cargo vessel Sinfra is attacked by Allied aircraft at Crete and sunk. Two thousand and ninety-eight Italian prisoners of war drown with it.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910)
• John le Carré (1931)
• Marsilio Ficino (1433)
• Michael Gambon (1940)

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Tech Check

Colossus Computer, Slinky & Aqualung (Scuba).

Cost of Living (1940)