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Before dawn last Monday, a blinding fireball several miles in diameter rose high above the Arctic wastes of Novaya Zemlya and into the stratosphere. It was the largest man-made explosion in history, a Soviet thermonuclear bomb rated at thirty megatons -- that is, a destructive force equal to 30,000,000 tons of TNT.
current situation discussed; cos seek to maintain current crude prices despite excess productive capacity and price weakness
Cuba's demand for a larger sugar export quota threatens' the future of the International Sugar Agreement.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 28 -- Princeton alone remained unbeaten in Ivy League competition today when it defeated Cornell, 30 -- 25, while Dartmouth was bowing to Harvard.
1961Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer[†]
Steven Randall Jackson is an American musician, singer, songwriter and dancer. He is the ninth child in the Jackson family. Randy is the youngest Jackson brother and the second-youngest Jackson sibling before his sister Janet. Randy is a former member of his family band the Jacksons, which he joined after his brother Jermaine left the group. He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on the 1980 studio album Triumph.
1961Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach[†]
Joel Stuart Otto is an American former professional ice hockey center in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames and Philadelphia Flyers. An undrafted player, Otto signed with the Flames as a free agent in 1984 and played 11 seasons with the team. He was one of the top defensive centers in the league during his career and one of the NHL's best at faceoffs; Otto was a two-time finalist for the Frank J. Selke Trophy. He was known for his confrontations with Mark Messier as part of the Flames' rivalry with the Edmonton Oilers and was a member of Calgary's 1989 Stanley Cup championship winning team. He joined the Flyers in 1995, with whom he played three seasons.
1961Astrid Holm, Danish actress (born 1893)[†]
Astrid Holm was a Danish theater and film actress whose career began on the stage and in the early silent film era.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]