Thursday, April 12, 1945

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The Headlines

OKINAWA FIGHTING IS GRIM IN SOUTH; AMERICANS SMASH ENEMY POSITIONS AND PLANES ON OKINAWA

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'm Beginning to See the Light

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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• U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jacob Zuma (1942)
• Montserrat Caballé (1933)
• Jan Tinbergen (1903)
• Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
• Christian IV of Denmark (1577)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)