February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
March 7 » The German liner SSKaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of death October 10, 1961
The temperature on October 10, 1961 was between 11.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
April 20 » Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
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