The temperature on August 26, 1961 was between 15.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
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