May 1961
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The following events occurred in May 1961:
May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
May 14, 1961: Freedom Riders attacked by angry mob near Anniston, Alabama
May 5, 1961: Launch of Freedom 7
May 8, 1961: Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal
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