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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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Boys' Magazine 274 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1007 - The Bounder's Win! | |||||||||||||||||
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Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories v11 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 275 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1008 - One Against the School! | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 276 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1009 - Hunted Down! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Hunted Down! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Laid by the Heals! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 23: The Curse of Lhasa! [Part 3 of 10] - a Ferrers Locke story by Anon. (George ... |
The Popular 438 - The Newhouse Rebellion | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 277 | |||||||||||||||||
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Dixon Hawke - The Clue In The Lion's Mouth | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1010 - Taking Up Trotter! | |||||||||||||||||
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The Wizard 238 | |||||||||||||||||
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Amazing Stories Quarterly v1 3 - The Sunken World - Stanton A. Coblentz | |||||||||||||||||
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Amazing Stories v3 3 - The Invisible Man - R. E. Lawlor | |||||||||||||||||
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The Gem v2 1059 - Handforth at St. Jim’s | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1059 - The Boy from the East! | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 327 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Gem v2 1060 - Playing For the First | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1060 - Friend or Foe? | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: Friend or Foe? - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Bright's Auction Sail! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 25: The Man of Iron! [Part 11 of 13] by Walter Edwards |
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Union Jack 1286 - The Skeleton Clue | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1061 - By Luck and Pluck! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: By Luck and Pluck! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Old Boys' Dinner! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 25: The Man of Iron! [Part 12 of 13] by Walter Edwards |
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The Gem v2 1062 - Handforth’s Triumph | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1062 - The Schemer of the Remove! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: The Schemer of the Remove! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: A Vow of Venjence! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: The Man of Iron! [Part 13 of 13] by Walter Edwards |
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The Gem v2 1063 - The Boy They Couldn’t Sack | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1063 - Harry Wharton's Enemy! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 3: Harry Wharton's Enemy! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: An I for an I! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: The Lord of Lost Island [Part 1 of 12] - a Ferrers Locke story by Anon. ... |
Amazing Stories Quarterly v2 3 - Venus Liberated - Harl Vincent | |||||||||||||||||
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Amazing Stories v4 3 - The Radio Telescope - Clardy | |||||||||||||||||
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Science Wonder Stories 1 - The Reign of the Ray - Irvin Lester | |||||||||||||||||
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Boys' Magazine 378 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1111 - The Prefect's Plot! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come into the Office Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: The Prefect's Plot! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Film Struck! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: Speedway ... |
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Description: | Contents: The Judgement of the Joker [Simon Templar (The Saint)] by Leslie Charteris illustrated by A. Jones Bafflers #17 - The Problem of the Secret Dispatch by Anon. The Little Black Joss [Part 4 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John G. Brandon |
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Boys' Magazine 379 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1112 - Prefects at War! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come into the Office Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Prefects at War! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Dr Birchmall - Film Star! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: Speedway ... |