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Koritza shelled
Comr Moses submits plan for 4 major N Y highways to be financed by Fed funds
Gives reception to mark imperial family's anniv, Moscow
London bombed at night; other parts of Eng bombed; Brit rept 3 German planes downed; Germans rept army camp in southern Eng bombed
thousands reptd dead in Rumania; Campana and Ploesti oil areas hard hit; oil fires; rrs and bridges wrecked; rescue efforts; Amers reptd safe; illus; map
1940Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician[†]
Barbara Sue Boxer is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993.
1940Dennis Coffey, American guitarist[†]
Dennis James Coffey is an American guitarist. He was a studio musician for many soul and R&B recordings, and is well known for his 1971 Top 10 hit single "Scorpio".
1940Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (born 1870)[†]
Muhittin Akyüz, known as Muhiddin Pasha until 1934, was a Turkish military officer and diplomat. He served for both the Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army. He fought in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I where he helped defend the Gallipoli peninsula against Anglo-French attacks. He later joined the forces of Mustafa Kemal and fought in the Turkish War of Independence.
1940World War II: In the Battle of Taranto, the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.
1940World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.[†]
The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted German Hilfskreuzer , or merchant or commerce raider of the Kriegsmarine, which, in World War II, travelled more than 161,000 km (100,000 mi) in 602 days, and sank or captured 22 ships with a combined tonnage of 144,384. Atlantis was commanded by Kapitän zur See Bernhard Rogge, who received the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. She was sunk on 22 November 1941 by the British cruiser HMS Devonshire.