The temperature on August 17, 1961 was between 11.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
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.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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