The temperature on May 14, 1961 was between 6.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
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 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.
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
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