The temperature on August 6, 1961 was between 12.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
January 17 » Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
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December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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