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reach the final in 74 years, Murray took Britain's collective mind off the dreary weather and dismal economy and gave the country a new hero -- at least for now.
• "Finally!" was the one-word front page headline in Saturday's Daily Mirror. The Sun opted for the slightly longer: "Andy Finally."
• The joy was tempered by surprise that Murray had really pulled it off -- and a sense that it would be tempting fate to expect him to beat Federer and become the first British Wimbledon men's champion since Fred Perry in 1936.
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• The last time a British man made it to the final of Wimbledon, the war -- World War II -- hadn't yet begun. It was 1938 when Bunny Austin lost the championship in

straight sets to Don Budge. And around the world:
• -- Bands of Nazis began roaming the streets of Germany and Austria, looting and burning synagogues, Jewish-owned stores and houses in a pogrom that became known as "Kristallnacht," or "Night of the Broken Glass."
• -- The Queen Elizabeth ocean liner was christened at Clydebank, Scotland, by the British queen consort for whom the ship was named.
• -- Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling at New York's Yankee Stadium.
• Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" opened on Broadway.
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