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  • Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Jun 4, 1961
    John F. Kennedy

    Khrushchev meeting

    Vienna, Austria
    Sunday Jun 4, 1961

    On June 4, 1961, the president met with Khrushchev in Vienna and left the meetings angry and disappointed that he had allowed the premier to bully him, despite the warnings he had received.




  • East Germany, Germany
    Thursday Jun 15, 1961
    Berlin Wall

    First time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context

    East Germany, Germany
    Thursday Jun 15, 1961

    On 15 June 1961, First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party and GDR State Council chairman Walter Ulbricht stated in an international press conference, "Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten!" (No one has the intention of erecting a wall!). It was the first time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context.




  • France
    Thursday Jun 29, 1961
    Algerian War

    Fighting was "virtually finished"

    France
    Thursday Jun 29, 1961

    On 29 June 1961, De Gaulle announced on TV that fighting was "virtually finished" and afterward there was no major fighting between the French Army and the FLN; during the summer of 1961 the OAS and the FLN engaged in a civil war, in which the greater number of the ِAlgerians soon made a difference.




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