March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of death June 11, 1961
The temperature on June 11, 1961 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
May 31 » In Moscow City Court, the Rokotov–Faibishenko show trial begins, despite the Khrushchev Thaw to reverse Stalinist elements in Soviet society.
June 1 » The Canadian Bank of Commerce and Imperial Bank of Canada merge to form the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the largest bank merger in Canadian history.
August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
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