Tuesday, January 9, 1962

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The Headlines

87 Die as Dutch Express Hits Slower Train in Fog; Victims of Netherlands Train Crash Are Removed

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

The Twist

Chubby Checker

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Slip 'N Slide

On This Day

• Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Richard Nixon (1913)
• Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
• AD 727 (727)
• Karel Čapek (1890)
• Joan Baez (1941)

Slang

Tech Check

Telstar Satellite, LED (Light Emitting Diode) & Compact Cassette.

Cost of Living (1960)