Saturday, December 21, 1946

From the day

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The Headlines

ARMY REINFORCES DIVISION'S POWER TO MEET ATOM AGE; Size, Fire-Strength of Infantry and Armored Units Among Revolutionary Changes ALL COULD BE AIRBORNE Devers Says Giant Transports Are Being Developed to Fly Troops, Guns and Tanks

#1 on Your Hit Parade

The Old Lamp-Lighter

Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Billy Williams

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• An 8.1 Mw earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
• Hu Jintao (1942)
• Heinrich Böll (1917)
• Jane Fonda (1937)
• Frank Zappa (1940)

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Tech Check

Mobile Car Phones, Tupperware & Bikini.

Cost of Living (1940)