The temperature on November 8, 1961 was between 3.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
October 20 » The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine.
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