The temperature on March 28, 1961 was between 0.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
September 18 » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
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