Monday, July 9, 1956

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SOCIALISTS GAINING IN JAPANESE VOTE FOR UPPER HOUSE; Premier Hatoyama's Party Drops Seats to Leftists on Constitution Issue Contests Complicated SOCIALISTS GAIN IN JAPANESE VOTE

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On This Day

• The 7.7 Mw  Amorgos earthquake shakes the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking and the destructive tsunami that followed left fifty-three people dead. A damaging M7.2 aftershock occurred minutes after the mainshock.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Tom Hanks (1956)
• Viktor Yanukovych (1950)
• Donald Rumsfeld (1932)
• Edward Heath (1916)
• Hassan II of Morocco (1929)

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Tech Check

Hard Disk Drive (IBM 305), Videotape & Transatlantic Telephone Cable.

Cost of Living (1950)