The German campaign developed yesterday in two directions, one a renewed drive along the route to Paris, the other a daring manoeuvre to trap 300,000 British troops in a huge...

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1940Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)^[†]

Anthony Esmond Sheridan McGinnity, known professionally as Tony Sheridan, was an English rock and roll guitarist who spent much of his adult life in Germany. He was best known as an early collaborator of the Beatles, one of two non-Beatles to receive label performance credit on a record with the group, and the only non-Beatle to appear as lead singer on a Beatles recording which charted as a single.

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1940Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (born 1888)^[†]

William James Minter, was a footballer, trainer, manager and assistant secretary at Tottenham Hotspur. He scored 101 goals for Tottenham, and was for a time the top scorer for the club. He also managed the club for three years, and after he resigned as manager he stayed at the club until his death in 1940.

Headlines from May 21, 1940

Louvain Library Is Destroyed Again in War; It Had Been Restored by American Funds; LOUVAIN LIBRARY DESTROYED AGAIN

GERMANS SLOWED; French Say Main Battle Line Holds Against 5 Armored Divisions MONTMEDY ATTACKED Fighting Still Violent at St. Quentin--Peronne Situation Confused

R.A.F. CLAWS BACK AT LARGER FORCES; THE WOUNDED AND THE HELPLESS FROM WAR-TORN BELGIUM FIND HAVENS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE

Blitzkrieg From Two Sides: Fury in Air, Turmoil Below; On the Attack

The International Situation; On the Battle Fronts

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