Events that happened in1961?
John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the United States in January 1961.
January 1 - The farthing, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
January 3 - President Dwight Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
January 3 - At the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, SL-1, an atomic reactor, explodes, killing 3 military technicians.
January 5 - Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
January 7 - Following a 4-day conference in Casablanca, 5 African chiefs of state announce plans for a NATO-type African organization to ensure common defense. The Charter of Casablanca involves Morocco, the United Arab Republic, Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.
January 8 - In France, a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
January 9 - British authorities announce that they have discovered a large Soviet spy ring in London.
January 17 - President Dwight Eisenhower gives his final State of the Union Address to Congress. In a Farewell Address the same day, he warns of the increasing power of a "military-industrial complex".
January 17 - Patrice Lumumba is assassinated.
January 20 - John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President of the United States.
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