The temperature on August 19, 1961 was between 12.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
March 9 » Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Day of death May 8, 1964
The temperature on May 8, 1964 was between 8.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
April 8 » The Gemini 1 test flight is conducted.
June 11 » World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
December 1 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
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