November 1961
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The following events occurred in November 1961:
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
December 1961
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The following events occurred in December 1961:
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December 1, 1961: U.S. Department of Defense begins distribution of fallout shelter signs
December 11, 1961: Three-judge panel in Israel announces guilty verdict in trial of former German general Adolf Eichmann
December 28, 1961: Edith Wilson, "The First Woman U.S. President", dies at 89
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