Monday, February 18, 1957

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The Headlines

TRUMAN DECLINES BID TO GO ABROAD; Too Busy to Visit Greece and Turkey in March, State Department Reports Other Reason Hinted Truman Declines Bid to Visit Greece and Turkey in March

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The Ten Commandments †

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On This Day

• Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.

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• Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Toni Morrison (1931)
• Alessandro Volta (1745)
• John Travolta (1954)
• Ramakrishna (1836)
• Mary I of England (1516)

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Tech Check

Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.

Cost of Living (1950)