The temperature on March 2, 1961 was between 2.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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