January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death May 26, 1961
The temperature on May 26, 1961 was between 6.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
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.
August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
October 1 » East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
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