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“Sputnik Girl” Was Ready to Blast-Off On New Year’s Eve 1958

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December 31, 1958 — Five-year-old Linda Chapman of Kent stands in costume beside her toy rocket at New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Gillingham NAAFI Club. [Getty Images]

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