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COLLEGE STATION, Tex., Dec. 16 -- Henry C. (Hank) Foldberg, whose only two years as a head coach have been highly successful ones, was hired today to give sagging Texas A. and M. football fortunes a lift.
TORONTO, Dec. 16 -- George Armstrong scored three goals tonight as the Toronto Maple Leafs subdued the New York Rangers, 4 -- 2, in a National Hockey League game.
interest rate rises by commercial banks discussed; most seen paying maximum rates; rate war with thrift insts doubted
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HANOVER, N.H. -- It always snows up in the New England ski country in December, but not always early enough and heavily enough for the skiing season to get off to as roaring a start as it did in the northern mountains last week-end.
1961Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author[†]
Mansoor al-Jamri is a Bahraini columnist, author, human rights activist and former opposition leader. He is the editor-in-chief of Al-Wasat, an Arabic language independent daily newspaper. He is also the second son of the Shia spiritual leader Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri, who died in 2006.
1961Sara Dallin, English singer[†]
Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English singer/songwriter and a founding member of the pop group Bananarama. The group has achieved 28 UK top-50 and 11 US top-100 singles, including a US number one with "Venus" (1986). Other hits include "Cruel Summer" (1983), "I Heard a Rumour" (1987) and "Love in the First Degree" (1987). Dallin and bandmate Keren Woodward are the only performers to appear on both the 1984 and 1989 Band Aid versions of "Do They Know It's Christmas?". Bananarama have sold over 30 million records and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for achieving most UK chart entries by an all-female group, a record they still hold.
1961Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.[†]
A fire occurred in the tent housing a sold-out performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano on 17 December 1961 in the city of Niterói, Brazil caused more than 500 deaths. It is the worst fire disaster to occur in Brazil.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]