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WHITE PLAINS, Feb. 13 -- It is courtesy to leave footgear at the door in Japan; it is cleanliness to park the brogans on Dutch doorsteps; it is an invitation to shine the leather when shoes are left in places like the corridors of French hotels; it is a mark of reverence to leave foot coverings outside the Pakistani masjid.
Sec Freeman repts $35 million made available for operating loans
Sec Udall asks 'vigorous program of full development and utilization' of pub power, memo; backs return to 5-point program advanced by Truman Adm in '46; Eisenhower Adm 'suspicion' of pub power recalled
1961D'Wayne Wiggins, American musical artist (died 2025)[†]
D'Wayne Patrice Wiggins was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer best known as a founding member of the R&B/soul band Tony! Toni! Toné!. He formed Tony! Toni! Toné! in 1986 with his younger half brother, Charles Ray Wiggins, and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley. The band achieved three platinum albums and a slew of hits in the 1980s and '90s.
1961Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.[†]
The discoveries of the 118 chemical elements known to exist as of 2025 are presented here in chronological order. The elements are listed generally in the order in which each was first defined as the pure element, as the exact date of discovery of most elements cannot be accurately determined. There are plans to synthesize more elements, and it is not known how many elements are possible.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]