Thursday, February 16, 1961

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The Headlines

Nehru Offering U.N. Congo Combat Force; INDIA OFFERS U.N. A COMBAT FORCE

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Calcutta

Lawrence Welk

#1 at the box office

The Misfits

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Octave Mirbeau (1848)
• Kim Jong Il (1941)
• Ernst Haeckel (1834)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497)
• John McEnroe (1959)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1960)