The temperature on October 19, 1961 was between 3.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
June 19 » Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
September 16 » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
December 9 » Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
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