January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
Day of death August 19, 1961
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 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
May 5 » Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight.
May 19 » At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
November 11 » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force, are massacred by a mob in Kindu.
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