Wednesday, January 23, 1957

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The Headlines

Mollet Wins Vote in Move For Common Market Pact; Reds Condemn Plan FRENCH ASSEMBLY FOR MARKET UNITY Ratification Fight Seen

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Frisbee

On This Day

• American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".

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You Share a Birthday With

• David Hilbert (1862)
• Stendhal (1783)
• Édouard Manet (1832)
• Derek Walcott (1930)
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947)

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Tech Check

Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.

Cost of Living (1950)