December 1, 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 — December 1, 1961
NY Times Headlines — Week of December 1, 1961
U.N. Asks Treaty Against Spread Of Atomic Arms; Unanimous Committee Vote Insures Assembly Backing For Ireland'S Proposal U.S. Balks On A 'Club' Terms Swedish Plan To Curb Storing Of Weapons Peril To 'Peaceful States' U.N. Asks Treaty On Nuclear Arms
Sukarno Pledges New Guinea Drive; Indonesian Leader Declares He Will Order 'Liberation' Of Dutch Area Soon Sukarno Drive Pledges New Guinea Drive
Stevenson Tells U.N. Not To Grant Seat To Red China; Says Admission Of Peiping Would Give Approval For Attack On Nationalists Soviet Bloc Walks Out Zorin Leads Protest Against Tsiang'S Talk As Debate On Representation Opens Stevenson Warns U.N. On Red China
Mayor Asks Shift Of Party Control To Office Holders; Says Organization Leaders 'Must Never Again' Rule On Issues And Nominees His Goals Are Outlined He Will Seek Change In Law To Assist New Insurgents Who Run For Election Mayor Asks Shift Of Party Control
Peiping Tells India Troops May Attack; China Tells India Army May Attack
World Events — December 1961
Time Person of the Year — 1961
On the radio
Billboard Charts — December 1, 1961
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1961–62 Season
Emmy Winners — 1961
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — December 1, 1961
On the field
Sports Champions — December 1, 1961
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