January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
Day of death October 29, 1961
The temperature on October 29, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
February 15 » Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
March 1 » Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
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