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October 18, 1942

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OTHER FRONTS

By Unknown Author

Three moves in the Mediterranean and North Africa indicated last week that this smoldering theatre might be on the verge of flaring up again: (1) Marshal Erwin Rommel returned to his Afrika Korps after a visit to Berlin; (2) British and American planes were pounding such Axis planes ports as Tobruk; (3) Axis planes renewed their attempts to knock out Malta.

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Notable Births

Gianfranco Ravasi

1942Gianfranco Ravasi, Italian cardinal and scholar[†]

Gianfranco Ravasi is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church and a biblical scholar. A cardinal since 2010, he was President of the Pontifical Council for Culture from 2007 to 2022. He headed Milan's Ambrosian Library from 1989 to 2007.

Notable Deaths

Mikhail Nesterov

1942Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (born 1862)[†]

Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov was a Russian and Soviet painter; associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir iskusstva. He was one of the first exponents of Symbolist art in Russia.