The temperature on January 7, 1961 was between 1.9 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
July 4 » On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
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