<p class="MsoNormal">On <st1:date year="1947" day="4" month="10">October 4, 1947</st1:date>, "Leave it to Beaver" premiered on <st1:country-region><st1:place>US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
television, and space travel premiered in the <st1:country-region><st1:place>USSR</st1:place></st1:country-region>
as the Soviets launched the first Sputnik. We take a look at the roots of
Soviet space travel, and <st1:country-region><st1:place>America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
response to it, with Fordham History professor Asif Siddiqi. <o:p></o:p></p>

On October 4, 1947, "Leave it to Beaver" premiered on US television, and space travel premiered in the USSR as the Soviets launched the first Sputnik. We take a look at the roots of Soviet space travel, and America's response to it, with Fordham History professor Asif Siddiqi.

<p>On October 4, 1947, "Leave it to Beaver" premiered on US
television, and space travel premiered in the USSR
as the Soviets launched the first Sputnik. We take a look at the roots of
Soviet space travel, and America's
response to it, with Fordham History professor Asif Siddiqi. </p>

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