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** The world's largest hydroelectric plant in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union, begins operations.
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** The largest convoy of the war embarks from Halifax, Nova Scotia under Royal Canadian Navy protection.
** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt's " Infamy " Address to a Joint Session of Congress at 12: 30 p. m. EST ( 17. 30 GMT ) and transmitted live over all four major national networks attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81 % of homes.
** The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the BNSF Railway, making it one of the largest railroad mergers in U. S. history.
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** Agreement for merger between the General Electric Company and English Electric, the largest industrial merger in the UK up to this date.
** French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities.
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