Saturday, April 7, 1945

From the day

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The Headlines

B-29's Escorted by Fighters Give Tokyo First Twin Blow; Tokyo's Story of Attack

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My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by United States Navy aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Wordsworth (1770)
• Gerhard Schröder (1944)
• Gabriela Mistral (1889)
• Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
• Ravi Shankar (1920)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)