Saturday, January 20, 1945

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The Headlines

NEW B-29 TARGET IN JAPAN BLASTED; Fires and Explosions Sear the Kawasaki Aircraft Plant at Akashi in Day Blow NEW B-29 TARGET IN JAPAN BLASTED First Attack on Target Enemy Tightens Defenses 2 Enemy Convoys Attacked

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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: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.

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• World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Federico Fellini (1920)
• André-Marie Ampère (1775)
• Buzz Aldrin (1930)
• Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
• Aristotle Onassis (1906)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)