February 15, 1961
By the winter of 1961, Kennedy was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $1.15/hr — the Adolf Eichmann trial was delivering its guilty verdict in Jerusalem, marking the first time an international war crimes tribunal had captured and prosecuted a top Nazi official on Israeli soil. On the cultural front, Bert Kaempfert's "Wonderland By Night" was the number one song in the country, while "Spartacus" was packing movie theaters across the nation. The Green Bay Packers claimed the NFL championship that season, the same winter that Ham the chimpanzee became the first great ape launched into space aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket, a direct step toward putting American astronauts in orbit.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — February 15, 1961
NY Times Headlines — Week of February 15, 1961
Kennedy Exhorts Congress To Push Recession Fight; Confers With Party Chiefs And Members Of Cabinet On Economic Programs Rayburn Cites Urgency Views Conditions As Worst Since 1930'S -- President To Press Drive Today Kennedy Exhorts Congress To Act
President Hails Soviet On Rocket; Note To Premier Is Viewed As Bid For Cooperation President Hails Soviet On Rocket
U.N. Chief Tells Russians He Won'T Be Forced Out; Hammarskjold, At Stormy U.N. Session, Tells Soviet He Refuses To Be Forced Out Council'S Debate On Congo Is Harsh Stevenson Accuses Moscow Of 'Declaring War' Against World Organization
Burmese Charge Taiwan Drops U.S. Arms To Chinese Guerrillas; Burmese Charge Taiwan Drops U.S. Arms To Chinese Guerrillas
World Events — February 1961
Time Person of the Year — 1961
On the radio
Billboard Charts — February 15, 1961
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1960–61 Season
Emmy Winners — 1961
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — February 15, 1961
On the field
Sports Champions — February 15, 1961
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