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#OTD in 1938, Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" was broadcast. Midshipman Ned Beach rushed to alert the duty officer of the martian invasion. His gullibility was mocked with a cartoon in the school magazine. He later became a decorated sub CO and wrote "Run Silent, Run Deep".

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Syrian Air Defense destroy 2 missiles fired by Israel using Russian-made Buk-M2e systems

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