Friday, February 6, 1959

From the day

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The Headlines

Sites to Load Trucks Off- Street Proposed; OFF-STREET SITES FOR TRUCKS ASKED

#1 at the box office

Auntie Mame †

The must-have

Barbie Doll

On This Day

• Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.

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• At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Ronald Reagan (1911)
• Bob Marley (1945)
• François Truffaut (1932)
• Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665)
• Eva Braun (1912)

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Tech Check

Xerox 914 Copier, Microchip (Planar) & Pacemaker.

Cost of Living (1950)