Saturday, August 31, 1957

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The Headlines

U.S. Says Moscow Tested Four to Six Global Missiles; Test Made in Spring SOVIET MISSILES DETECTED BY U.S. Air Force Tests Missile Two Thor Tests Fizzled

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The must-have

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On This Day

• The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Tsai Ing-wen (1956)
• Maria Montessori (1870)
• Théophile Gautier (1811)
• Richard Gere (1949)
• Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)

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Tech Check

Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.

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