The temperature on April 10, 1961 was between 4.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
Day of burial April 12, 1961
The temperature on April 12, 1961 was between 5.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
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.
September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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