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.
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
November 18 » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
Day of burial February 14, 1961
The temperature on February 14, 1961 was between 1.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
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.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
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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