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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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Description: | Contents: The Temple of Terror by L. C. Douthwaite illustrated by A. Jones The Little Black Joss [Part 5 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John G. Brandon |
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The Magnet 1113 - Out of Bounds! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come into the Office Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Out of Bounds! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards Page 14: The Head's Movie Masterpiece! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: Speedway Pals [Part ... |
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Description: | Contents: On “Ticket of Leave” by Robert Murray by ms; illustrated by Nat Long The Ticket of Leave by Robert Murray Bafflers #18 - The Mystery of the Indian Merchant by Anon. The Little Black Joss [Part 6 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John ... |
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The Magnet 1114 - The Black Sheep of the Sixth! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come into the Office Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: The Black Sheep of the Sixth! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: St. Sam's on the Screen! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page ... |
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Description: | Contents: Midnight by Pierre Quiroule illustrated by A. Jones Bafflers #19 - The Problem of the Anonymous Letter by Anon. The Little Black Joss [Part 7 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John G. Brandon |
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Description: | Contents: Midnight by Pierre Quiroule illustrated by A. Jones Bafflers #19 - The Problem of the Anonymous Letter by Anon. The Little Black Joss [Part 7 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John G. Brandon |
Boys' Magazine 382 | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1115 - A Lesson for Loder! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come into the Office Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: A Lesson for Loder! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Playing for the Fourth! - A St. Sam's story by Dicky Nugent (G. R. Samways) Page 24: The Masked ... |
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Description: | Contents: The Green Feather by Edmund Snell illustrated by A. Jones Bafflers #20 - The Dean Road Garage Mystery by Anon. The Little Black Joss [Part 8 of 12; Det. Insp. McCarthy] by John G. Brandon |
Amazing Stories Quarterly v3 3 - Paradise and Iron - Miles J. Breuer | |||||||||||||||||
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Amazing Stories v5 3 - The Non-Gravitational Vortex - A. Hyatt Verrill | |||||||||||||||||
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Astounding v2 3 - The Moon Master - Charles W. Diffin | |||||||||||||||||
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Wonder Stories Quarterly v1 4 - The War of the Planets - R. H. Romans | |||||||||||||||||
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Wonder Stories v2 1 - A Subterranean Adventure - George Paul Bauer | |||||||||||||||||
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The Magnet 1164 - Catching Fish! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come Into the Office, Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Catching Fish! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 11: The Fiend in the Congo Swamp! [The Thrill Club] by Anon. Page 14: Hal Smiles and His Magic ... |
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Description: | Contents: Certain Death by Dudley Hoys illustrated by A. Jones The Ashing Bridge Mystery [Part 3 of 6] by Jack Lewis illustrated by Eric R. Parker Crooks' Caches by Anon. |
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The Magnet 1165 - The Mystery of the Poplars! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: The Golden Crocodile! [The Thrill Club] by Anon. Page 3: The Mystery of the Poplars! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The St. Sam's Garden Party! [St. Sam's] by Anon. (G. R. Samways) Page 21: Greyfriars ... |
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Description: | Contents: The Seventh Door by Edmund Snell illustrated by A. Jones Making it Too Hot for the Criminal by Jean Chiappe The Ashing Bridge Mystery [Part 4 of 6] by Jack Lewis illustrated by Eric R. Parker |
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The Magnet 1166 - Pop of the Circus! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Pop of the Circus! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: Ye Rebels of Grey Friars! [Launcelot de Broke] by Anon. Page 23: The Test Match Hope! [Part 6 of 8] by John Brearley Page 25: Come Into the Office, Boys! ... |
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Description: | Contents: The Man from Chicago [Chief Constable Parrot] by L. C. Douthwaite illustrated by A. Jones The Ashing Bridge Mystery [Part 5 of 6] by Jack Lewis illustrated by Eric R. Parker |
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The Magnet 1167 - Waking Up Greyfriars! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come Into the Office, Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Waking Up Greyfriars! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 14: The Come-Back of Caesar! [Hal Smiles] by Anon. Page 21: Greyfriars Celebrities ... |
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Amazing Stories Quarterly v4 3 - The Blue Barbarians - Stanton A. Coblentz | |||||||||||||||||
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Amazing Stories v6 3 - The Power Planet - Murray Leinster | |||||||||||||||||
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Wonder Stories Quarterly v2 4 - Vandals of the Void - J. M. Walsh | |||||||||||||||||
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Wonder Stories v3 1 - In the Spacesphere - Charles Cloukey | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: Come Into the Office, Boys! - Editoral by Ernest L. McKeag Page 3: Unmasked! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 11: Cricket Stars of the Future - Tom Cook by Old Player Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #48 - School ... |
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The Magnet 1217 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much! | |||||||||||||||||
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: The Boy Who Knew Too Much! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 11: Cricket Stars of the Future - C. C. Dacre NZ by Old Player Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #49 - School Magazine Page 25: Land of Lost Planes! ... |
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Description: | Contents: The Yellow Assassin by L. C. Douthwaite illustrated by A. Jones The Danger Game [Part 12 of 12] by J. Allan Dunn |
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Description: | Contents: Page 2: The Way of the Wizard! - A Greyfriars story by Frank Richards (Charles Hamilton) Page 11: Cricket Stars of the Future - M. S. Nichols by Old Player Page 14: The Greyfriars Herald #50 - School Magazine Page 25: Land of Lost Planes! [Part ... |
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