February 17, 1962
By the winter of 1962, Kennedy was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $1.15/hr — the administration was pushing a $5.7 billion space budget for 1964, with three-quarters of it directed toward the goal of landing men on the Moon. On television, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" had taken the Emmy for best comedy, while Chubby Checker's "The Twist" sat at the top of the music charts, with Americans across the country picking up the dance in living rooms and on television variety programs. The Green Bay Packers held the NFL championship that winter, and on February 4th, astronomers marked a rare grand conjunction of all five naked-eye planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn — aligned within 16 degrees of one another on the ecliptic, an event that would not repeat in comparable form for generations.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — February 17, 1962
World Events — February 1962
Time Person of the Year — 1962
On the radio
Billboard Charts — February 17, 1962
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1961–62 Season
Emmy Winners — 1962
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — February 17, 1962
Ebert 4-Star Films — February 17, 1962
On the field
Sports Champions — February 17, 1962
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