The temperature on January 25, 1961 was between -6.8 °C and -2 °C and averaged -4.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 3 » The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
October 31 » In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
Day of death January 26, 1961
The temperature on January 26, 1961 was between -9.2 °C and -5 °C and averaged -7.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 29 » The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
May 1 » The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
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