August 1961
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The following events happened in August 1961:
August 13, 1961: Wall erected to divide East Berlin from West Berlin
August 25, 1961: Brazil President Jânio Quadros resigns unexpectedly, Brazil's Congress accepts unexpectedly
August 10, 1961: Chemical defoilant spraying begins in Vietnam
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January 1961
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The following events occurred in January 1961:
January 20, 1961: Kennedy inaugurated as 35th U.S. President
January 17, 1961: Outgoing U.S. President Eisenhower warns against the "military-industrial complex"
January 24, 1961: Nuclear bomb accidentally dropped on Goldsboro, NC
January 1, 1961: British farthing, worth 1⁄4 a penny, discontinued after 600 years