Thursday, September 13, 1956

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The Headlines

Methodists Pledge World-Wide Fight To Put End to Bias; METHODISTS VOW TO FIGHT ALL BIAS

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The must-have

Yahtzee

On This Day

• The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.

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• The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Roald Dahl (1916)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
• Claudette Colbert (1903)
• Clara Schumann (1819)
• Óscar Arias (1940)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1950)