Wednesday, July 4, 1951

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The Headlines

Bakery Parleys Fail; Bread Now Scarcer; DRIVER TALKS FAIL; BREAD IS SCARCER

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The must-have

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On This Day

• William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.

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• Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Calvin Coolidge (1872)
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
• Gina Lollobrigida (1927)
• Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926)

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Tech Check

UNIVAC I (Commercial Computer), Power Steering & Video Tape Recorder (Early).

Cost of Living (1950)