Monday, July 16, 1945

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The Headlines

War News Summarized

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sentimental Journey

Les Brown and His Orchestra with Doris Day

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

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• World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Roald Amundsen (1872)
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
• Ginger Rogers (1911)
• Yasuo Fukuda (1936)
• Trygve Lie (1896)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)