The temperature on August 4, 1961 was between 13.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
September 20 » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
Day of death March 26, 1969
The temperature on March 26, 1969 was between -1.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
September 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
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