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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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The Magnet 593 - Bunter the Bolshevik | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Bunter the Bolshevik - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) |
The Magnet 594 - The Greyfriars Swimming Sports | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Greyfriars Swimming Sports - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (G. R. Samways) |
The Smart Set v62 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 643 - Billy Bunter's Speculation | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Billy Bunter's Speculation - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) The Secret of the Silent City [Part 15 of 17] by Dagney Hayward |
The Magnet 644 - Bunter the Farmer | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Bunter the Farmer - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (C. M. Down) The Secret of the Silent City [Part 16 of 17] by Dagney Hayward |
Union Jack 870 - The Mystery of the 9.12 Express | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | A Sexton Blake story by Anon. (Edwy Searles Brooks) |
All-Story Weekly v111 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 645 - The Greyfriars Minstrels | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Greyfriars Minstrels - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Hedley O'Mant) The Secret of the Silent City [Part 17 of 17] by Dagney Hayward |
Popular Magazine v55 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | [v55 #5, February 20, 1920] (20¢, 192pp, pulp) 1 · The Guile of Andy McGill · Henry C. Rowland 37 · Bread Upon the Waters · Clarence L. Cullen 50 · The Tawny Menace · Hal G. Evarts 59 · Trails Meet · ... |
The Magnet 646 - Fun on the Fifth | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Fun on the Fifth - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (G. R. Samways) The Silence [Part 1 of 9] by Edmund Burton |
Capt Billy's Whiz Bang v2 21 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Smart Set v65 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nelson Lee Library s1 313 - The Golden Image | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Golden Image - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Beyond the Desert [Part 19 of 20] by Reid Whitley |
The Magnet 695 - Wun Lung's Feud | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Wun Lung's Feud - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (F. G. Cook) |
Nelson Lee Library s1 314 - The Demon Cricketer | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Demon Cricketer - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Beyond the Desert [Part 20 of 20] by Reid Whitley |
The Magnet 696 - Sportsmen from the North | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Sportsmen from the North - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (G. R. Samways) |
Nelson Lee Library s1 315 - Mystery Men of the East | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Mystery Men of the East - a St. Frank's story by Nipper The Disguised Torpedo Boat by Anon |
The Magnet 697 - Sleepers of the Remove | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Sleepers of the Remove - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (S. Rossiter Shepherd) |
Nelson Lee Library s1 316 - The Match of Destiny | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Match of Destiny - a St. Frank's story by Nipper |
The Magnet 698 - The Houseboat Mystery | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Houseboat Mystery - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (G. R. Samways) |
Capt Billy's Whiz Bang v3 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Found On Archive.org, scanner unknown |
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Hot Dog v1 9 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | similar to Fawcett's Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang, Published by Merit Publishing, Cleveland, OH |
Sexton Blake Library S1 236 - The Prisoner of the Kremlin | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | by Anon (Andrew Murray) |
The Smart Set v68 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | F. Scott Fitzgerald story in this one |
Boys' Magazine 15 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nelson Lee Library s1 365 - The Dragon's Fangs | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Dragon's Fangs - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Nipper's Magazine - The Journal of the Remove of St. Frank's Tom Tartar at School [Part 28 of 29] by Harcourt Burrage |
The Magnet 747 - For His Father's Name | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: For His Father's Name - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Stanley E. Austin) Page 9: The Greyfriars Herald #75 - School Magazine Page 18: The Broad Highway! by Harry Wharton (W. L. Catchpole) |
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The School Friend 160 | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 16 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nelson Lee Library s1 366 - The Schoolboy Crusoes | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Schoolboy Crusoes - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Nipper's Magazine - The Journal of the Remove of St. Frank's Tom Tartar at School [Part 29 of 29] by Harcourt Burrage |
The Magnet 748 - Bunter the Crook! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Free Gift: photo Tom Clay. Page 2: The Editor's Chat - Editorial Page 3: Bunter the Crook! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 9: The Greyfriars Herald #76 - School Magazine Page 19: The Broad Highway! by Harry Wharton ... |
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Boys' Magazine 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nelson Lee Library s1 367 - Lagoon Island | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Lagoon Island - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Nipper's Magazine - The Journal of the Remove of St. Frank's The New Usher [Part 1 of 17] by E. Harcourt Burrage |
The Magnet 749 - De Vere of the Remove! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Free Gift: photos A. Wilson and James Gill. Page 2: The Editor's Chat - Editorial Page 3: De Vere of the Remove! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 9: The Greyfriars Herald #77 - School Magazine Page 19: The Broad ... |
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Popular Magazine v64 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | [v64 #5, June 20, 1922] (20¢, 192pp, pulp, cover by Leslie Thrasher) 3 · Alanna Ahoy! · J. H. Greene 40 · An Affair of Dishonor · John Lawrence Ward 54 · Joan of Arc of the North Woods [Part 1 of 5] · Holman ... |
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Nelson Lee Library s1 368 - The Lord of the Island | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: The Lord of the Island - a St. Frank's story by Nipper Nipper's Magazine - The Journal of the Remove of St. Frank's The New Usher [Part 2 of 17] by E. Harcourt Burrage |
The Magnet 750 - The Snob's Secret! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Free Gift: photo H. Gough. Page 2: The Editor's Chat - Editorial Page 3: The Snob's Secret! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 9: The Greyfriars Herald #78 - School Magazine Page 18: How to win the 100-Yards Race! ... |
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Description: | similar to Fawcett's Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang, Published by Merit Publishing, Cleveland, OH |
Dixon Hawke - The Man Who Was Killed Three Times | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 799 - Levison's Triumph! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: The Editor's Chat - Editorial Page 3: Levison's Triumph! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 13: The Greyfriars Herald #127 - School Magazine Page 22: The Clue of the Golden Disc - A Ferrers Locke story by Owen ... |
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