Monday, April 9, 1945

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The Headlines

BATTLE DEVELOPS IN SOUTH OKINAWA; Doughboys Gain 200 to 400 Yards in Bitter Fight-- Marines Gain in North MARINES ADVANCING IN DRIVE THAT TOOK OKINAWA AIRFIELD BATTLE DEVELOPS IN SOUTH OKINAWA Marines Setting a Trap Japanese Offensive On

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I'm Beginning to See the Light

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

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Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, is executed by the Nazi regime.

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• The United States Atomic Energy Commission is formed.

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• World War II: The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer is sunk by the Royal Air Force.

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• World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Charles Baudelaire (1821)
• Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933)
• Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
• Hugh Hefner (1926)
• Elias Lönnrot (1802)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)