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January 3, 1941

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Headlines from January 3, 1941

NAZI PORT BLASTED; 20,000 Fire Bombs Rain on Plane Factories and Shipyards RAID ONE OF WAR'S WORST Mills and Refineries Said to Be Among Targets -- Coast of France Attacked PLANES BOMB EIRE; NAZI MISSILE FOUND

By Raymond Daniellwireless To the New York Times

LONDON, Friday, Jan. 3 -- The great shipyards and factories of Bremen from which come the warships, submarines and long-range bombers with which the Nazis harass Great Britain's seaborne commerce were showered with bombs and turned into a blazing inferno on Wednesday night in one of the most devastating raids of the war, the Air Ministry announced last night.

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Notable Births

Malcolm Dick (rugby union)

1941Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player[โ€ ]

Malcolm John Dick is a former New Zealand rugby union player and administrator. A wing three-quarter, Dick represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1963 to 1970. He played 55 matches for the All Blacks including 15 internationals.