January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
May 30 » Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death January 15, 1961
The temperature on January 15, 1961 was between -0.9 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
October 1 » The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.
December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
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