June 1961
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The following events occurred in June 1961:
June 23, 1961: USAF Major Robert M. White becomes first pilot to fly a plane "a mile per second" (3,600 mph)
June 3, 1961: Soviet Premier Khrushchev and U.S. President Kennedy meet in Vienna
A "rocket belt" demonstration
The President's convertible
November 1961
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The following events occurred in November 1961:
June 1961
…miles per hour (5,940 km/h). White, who on March 7 had been the first person to travel faster than Mach 4, would become the first to reach Mach 6, on November 9. The Antarctic Treaty came into effect, after being ratified simultaneously by Australia, Argentina and Chile. Those nations and nine others had signed…
November 25, 1961: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise commissioned
November 23, 1961: Thalidomide pulled from market after birth defect warning
November 29, 1961: Enos the chimpanzee (pictured) becomes first American in orbit
November 3, 1961: U Thant unanimously elected UN Secretary General