Zalman King was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. His films are known for incorporating sexuality, and are often categorized as erotica.

1941Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive^[†]

Rodney King Thorn is an American basketball executive and a former professional player, coach and Olympic Committee Chairman with a career spanning over 50 years. In 2018, Thorn was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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1941World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete.^[†]

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.

Headlines from May 23, 1941

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7,300 on Army Job Lose Badges; Believed Fired Over Strike in Ohio; 7,300 ON ARMY JOB BELIEVED 'FIRED'

EDEN WARNS VICHY; Further Aid to Reich Will Evoke Military Reprisal, He Says APPEAL MADE TO PEOPLE British Cite Infiltration of Germans Into Morocco and War Use of Rhone BRITISH, UNDER PRESSURE IN MEDITERRANEAN, WARN FRENCH EDEN WARNS VICHY ON 'COLLABORATION'

BAGHDAD CAPTURE BY BRITISH IS SEEN; Fall of Iraqi Capital Expected Soon in Strong Drive to Hold Near East BAGHDAD CAPTURE BY BRITISH IS SEEN

CANDIA IS CAPTURED; Airport Near Canea Also Taken, Churchill Tells the Commons FLEET BARS SEA LANDINGS British Withdraw Their Fighter Planes for Lack of Fields -- Bombers Pound Greece CANDIA CAPTURED BY CREATE INVADERS OBJECTIVE TAKEN AND OBJECTIVE SOUGHT BY NAZIS IN CRETE

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