Friday, November 8, 1957

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The Headlines

A NEW POST FILLED; President Tells Nation of Move to Step Up Missiles Program Wide Changes Disclosed Missile Manager PRESIDENT NAMES AIDE ON DEFENSE Cites warning System

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On This Day

• Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

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• Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Alain Delon (1935)
• Kazuo Ishiguro (1954)
• Bram Stoker (1847)
• Margaret Mitchell (1900)
• Edmond Halley (1656)

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Tech Check

Sputnik Satellite, Fortran Programming Language & Bubble Wrap.

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