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April 1934 cover

G-8 and His Battle Aces was an American air-war pulp magazine published by Popular Publications from 1930 to 1944. Originally titled Battle Aces, it was retitled by Popular in 1933 after its hero, G-8, a top pilot and a spy, due to the success of Street & Smith's The Shadow, a magazine featuring a single character. Robert J. Hogan wrote the lead novels for all the G-8 stories, set in World War I, featuring the Germans threatening the Allies with extraordinary or fantastic schemes, such as giant bats, zombies, and Martians. Hogan and others wrote the short stories that filled the rest of each issue. The covers by Frederick Blakeslee are notable for their fidelity to planes flown in World War I. Originally a monthly, it began releasing an issue every two months shortly before World War II and ceased publication in 1944. Pulp historian Lee Server suggests that Hogan's talent as a writer kept the pulp alive, since by the last issue, in June 1944, the aircraft it featured had long been obsolete. ( Full article...)

Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius

• ... that the Duke of Alcantara Stradivarius violin (pictured) went missing for 27 years?
• ... that the Yiddish-language satirical newspaper Munkatsher Humorist frequently joked about disputes between the Hasidic courts of Munkacs and Belz?
• ... that American author Julie Jensen McDonald's first story was sold to a Sunday school paper for US$6.50?
• ... that Harry Styles's goddaughter voices the opening words in " As It Was"?
• ... that Angela Bassett donated a dance studio at the Royal Theater in St. Petersburg?
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• ... that the 1662 Book of Common Prayer was approved by Parliament on 19 May 1662, and required by law starting on St Bartholomew's Day that year?
• ... that Winston Churchill reportedly called Sam Atyeo the world's most foul-mouthed diplomat?

Ronnie O'Sullivan

• Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured) wins the World Snooker Championship, defeating Judd Trump in the final.
• Dritan Abazović is elected as the new Prime Minister of Montenegro by the Parliament.
• Twitter's board of directors accepts a takeover offer from Elon Musk.

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Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall

• 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople, considered by many Christian churches to be the fifth ecumenical council, convened to discuss Nestorianism, Origenism, and other topics.
• 1891 – Carnegie Hall (interior pictured) in New York City, built by the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, officially opened with a concert conducted by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
• 1992 – The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
• 2019 – Aeroflot Flight 1492 was struck by lightning after leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport and caught fire during the subsequent emergency landing attempt, killing 41 people on board.