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1940: The Dunkirk evacuation ends
1941: Over 4 million Axis soldiers invade the USSR
1942: Czech paratroopers attempt to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a main architect of the Holocaust. He dies 8 days later
1943: BOAC Flight 777-A, a civilian airline flight is attacked by 8 German Junkers. On board is the film actor Leslie Howard
1944: 155,000 Allied troops arrive on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day landings are the largest amphibious operation in history
1945: Aris Velouchiotis, leader of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the major resistance in Nazi occupied Greece dies
1946: A referendum held in Italy declares the country a republic
1947: U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction & relief aid to Europe
1948: Columbia Records launches long playing 33 1/3 rpm record format
1949: George Orwell's 1984 published. Introducing doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak & Big Brother
1950: North Korean troops cross 38th parallel into South Korea & capture Seoul, starting Korean War
1951: The first UNIVAC (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is dedicated at the U.S. Census Bureau
1952: U.S. Army Special Forces, known as the 'Green Berets' is created
1953: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing information about atomic bomb to Soviets
1954: Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy: 'Have you, at long last, no decency?'
1955: The 'Johnny Carson Show' debuts on CBS-TV. It is short lived, but Carson would later host 'The Tonight Show' for 30 years
1956: The Flag of the United States Army is officially adopted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1957: Composer & big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, known as "JD", dies aged 53
1958: Due to a crisis in the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle is called out of retirement to lead France
1959: USS George Washington, the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles, is launched
1960: Civil unrest leads to resignation of Japanese prime minister, Nobusuke Kishi
1961: Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects from Soviet Union while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet
1962: Frank Morris, John Anglin & Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz. They are never heard from again
1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space piloting Vostok 6
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Western Picture Stories 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1529 - The Boy Who Wouldn't Split! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come Into the Office, Boys - and Girls! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: The Boy Who Wouldn't Split! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #243 - School Magazine Page 21: The Stately ... |
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The Wizard 757 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pelayos 24 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | A Spanish weekly for young people, released during the Spanish Civil War, full of propaganda. |
The Magnet 1530 - On the Track of the Trickster! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: On the Track of the Trickster! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #244 - School Magazine Page 21: The Stately Homes of Greyfriars: Monty Newland by The Greyfriars Rhymester - poem Page ... |
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The Wizard 758 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pelayos 25 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1531 - Bunter on the Spot! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come Into the Office, Boys - and Girls! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Bunter on the Spot! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #245 - School Magazine Page 14: The Redskin of St. Sam's ... |
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The Wizard 759 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pelayos 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1532 - Billy Bunter's Windfall! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Billy Bunter's Windfall! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #246 - School Magazine Page 14: Miss Molly's Mistake! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (W. L. Catchpole) Page 21: The Stately ... |
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The Wizard 760 | |||||||||||||||||
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Pelayos 27 | |||||||||||||||||
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New Adventure Comics 27 (fiche) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sexton Blake Library S2 627 - The Newspaper Seller's Secret | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Walter Edwards (Walter Shute) |
Super Comics 2 (fiche) | |||||||||||||||||
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Tip Top Comics 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | An internet find. Li'l Abner & Tarzan removed, otherwise complete! |
Buck Ryan 5 - Terror in New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | A new, complete version with the missing tiers supplied by Leonardo De Sá, to whom, many thanks for his help. |
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Boy's Cinema 964 - Missing Witnesses - John Litel | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1581 - The Trail Thief's Secret! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: The Trail Thief's Secret! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #295 - School Magazine Page 27: The Greyfriars Guide by The Greyfriars Rhymester - poem Page 28: Come Into the Office, Boys ... |
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Description: | Contents: Gas! [John Harverson (The Shadow)] by Maxwell Grant (by Walter B. Gibson heavily abridged and rewritten from “The Death Sleep” (The Shadow Magazine, October 15, 1934). The Drifter [Part 3 of 4] by Geo. E. Rochester |
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The Magnet 1582 - The Trail Thief's Last Ride! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: The Trail Thief's Last Ride! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #296 - School Magazine Page 27: The Greyfriars Guide by The Greyfriars Rhymester - poem Page 28: Come Into the Office, ... |
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Adventure 868 - Harried by the Hunger Herd | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | There was a drought in the South, so the cattle barons sent their herds to the North - and that meant ruin for the nesters of the Silver Range! |
The Magnet 1583 - Bunter the Hypnotist! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: Bunter the Hypnotist! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #297 - School Magazine Page 14: Mutiny Among the Masters! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (W. L. Catchpole) Page 27: The Greyfriars ... |
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Adventure 869 - Smoky Joe's League of Grandfathers | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Smoky Joe Hagans's pals were 60 - or more! They had lived in Gopher City for 40 years - or longer! But they swore to clean it up - or DIE! |
The Magnet 1584 - Walker on the Warpath! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: Walker on the Warpath! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #298 - School Magazine Page 14: The Masters Stay-in Strike! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (W. L. Catchpole) Page 27: The Greyfriars ... |
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