The temperature on December 15, 1960 was between -1.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
Day of death February 12, 1961
The temperature on February 12, 1961 was between 5.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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