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Beginning of the Battle of Britain, which raged until the end of October.

British Interplanetary Society meets at Red Bull pub in London. Arthur C. Clarke is in attendance with Val Cleaver, H.E. Ross, and J.H. Edwards.

Unofficial two-man altitude record of 31,540 feet set by Lts. John A. Macready and A. W. Stevens (USAS) on a flight during which an aerial photograph covering the greatest area of the earth's surface to date was obtained.

USAF approved Western Development Division proposals to inaugurate a second ICBM airframe, which became the Titan ICBM (SM-68).

Paul Heylandt tests his rocket powered car at the Tempelhof Airport in Germany.

Fletcher Pratt delivers a paper entitled ''The Universal Background of Interplanetary Travel'' to the members of the American Interplanetary Society .

The RAND Corporation in Santa Monica California publishes "Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship." Co-authors included: D. Griggs, L. Ridenour, F. Clauser, G. Peebles, P. Lagerstrom, W. Klemperer, J. Lipp, E. Graham, R. Shevell, V. Sturdevant, H. Luskin, B. Baker, E. Bradshaw, E. Wheaton, H. Liepmann, D. Wall. A supplement was published the following September written by ...

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