Sunday, July 29, 1945

From the day

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The Headlines

CRIPPLED WARSHIPS OF JAPANESE NAVY SMASHED BY FLIERS; 2 Battleships and 3 Cruisers Set Afire in Saturday Strike by the Third Fleet HYUGA IS FOUND SUNK Returning U.S. Pilots Report Waters Off Kure Strewn With Burning Vessels

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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky (Gimbels Demo)

On This Day

• The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benito Mussolini (1883)
• Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
• Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
• Eyvind Johnson (1900)
• Isidor Rabi (1898)

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Tech Check

Atomic Bomb, ENIAC Computer & Microwave Oven Principle.

Cost of Living (1940)