Friday, January 12, 1945

From the day

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The Headlines

BULGE IS EMPTYING; ENEMY RETREAT FROM BELGIAN SALIENT IS ACCELERATED

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Don't Fence Me In

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The Red Army begins the Vistula–Oder Offensive.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jack London (1876)
• Swami Vivekananda (1863)
• Edmund Burke (1729)
• Hermann Göring (1893)
• Charles Perrault (1628)

Slang

Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)