Thursday, February 9, 1961

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The Headlines

PRESIDENT AWAITS 'MISSILE GAP' DATA; Expects Report in 2 Weeks -- Says He Hopes It Will Show the U.S. 'Secure' KENNEDY AWAITS 'MISSILE GAP' DATA

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk

#1 at the box office

Exodus

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Henry Harrison (1773)
• Thomas Paine (1737)
• J. M. Coetzee (1940)
• Alice Walker (1944)
• Joseph Stiglitz (1943)

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Tech Check

Space Capsule (Vostok/Mercury), Electric Toothbrush & Industrial Robots (Unimate).

Cost of Living (1960)