February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of death July 6, 1961
The temperature on July 6, 1961 was between 9.1 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
March 1 » United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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