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Almanac: S.O.S.

Name: Almanac: S.O.S.
Uploaded: 2019-11-03T08:30:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 54 s
Description: On November 3, 1906, an international conference approved the three-letter message, S.O.S., as the radio telegraph distress call for ships at sea. Jane Pauley reports.

On November 3, 1906, an international conference approved the three-letter message, S.O.S., as the radio telegraph distress call for ships at sea. Jane Pauley reports.