IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1770. —Thomas Cbatlorton died. 1776.—David Hume died. 1793. —First church in Australia opened in Sydney. 1819.—Death of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine. 1851. —Gold discovered at Ballarat. 1837.—Thomas Faraday died. 1920.—Plane piloted by Captain Euan Dickson made first crossing of Cook Strait. 1940.—Thirty-nine German planes shot down, making 89 for two days. Mr Churchill arrives back in London after Moscow visit. Germans force further crossings of the Don. Tlu-oat to Stalingrad still more serious. Thirteen Japanese planes shot down over Darwin by Allied fighters, who suffered no loss. British submarines score further successes in Mediterranean and North Sea. Another big convoy of Americans roaches Northern Ireland. Japanese harassed on Burma-Assam border.
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Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 1
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117IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 1
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