Events-1961

1961 Events

January 20- JFK becomes the President. (http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/president.htm)



March 29- Twenty-Third Amendment comes into affect, giving Washington D.C. to vote.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)



December 10- Melvin Calvin won the Nobel Peace Prize.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)



December 11- Start of the Vietnam War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961)