Saturday, January 22, 1944

From the day

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The Headlines

Front Page 2 -- No Title; Japanese Cruiser, 15 Other Ships Sunk by British, U.S. Submarines

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Shoo-Shoo Baby

The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Lord Byron (1788)
• Francis Bacon (1561)
• Sergei Eisenstein (1898)
• Antonio Gramsci (1891)
• August Strindberg (1849)

Slang

Tech Check

Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.

Cost of Living (1940)