Monday, May 9, 1960

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The Headlines

2 U.S. COURTS LIMIT PUPIL PLACEMENT; Say Negroes Can't Be Given Harder Entrance Tests 2 U.S. COURTS LIMIT PUPIL PLACEMENT

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Stuck on You

Elvis Presley

#1 at the box office

Ben-Hur †

The must-have

Etch A Sketch

On This Day

• The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.

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You Share a Birthday With

• J. M. Barrie (1860)
• Howard Carter (1874)
• José Ortega y Gasset (1883)
• Glenda Jackson (1936)
• Sophie Scholl (1921)

Slang

Tech Check

Laser, Echo Satellite & Etch A Sketch.

Style of 1960

Silhouette: A-line and geometric (Mod)

Material: PVC and polyester

• Miniskirts
• Go-go boots
• Pixie cuts

Cost of Living (1960)