1961
ID: 418
Claude Berge introduces perfect graphs and conjectures the Perfect Graph Theorem
ID: 418
1961
ID: 1769
Kennedy inherits massive CIA infiltration - 47% of political officers in US embassies were CIA agents
ID: 1769
1961
ID: 1770
Bay of Pigs invasion disaster creates Kennedy-CIA tensions
ID: 1770
1961
ID: 1771
Kennedy wants to 'break up the CIA' after Bay of Pigs
ID: 1771
1961
ID: 1772
Congress passes Foreign Assistance Act mandating creation of aid agency
ID: 1772
1961
ID: 1773
USAID created by Kennedy executive order - CIA immediately uses as cover
ID: 1773
1961
ID: 1774
Germany holds second EU Council Presidency
ID: 1774
1961
ID: 1775
Allen Dulles fired as CIA Director - Kennedy blames CIA for Bay of Pigs
ID: 1775
1961
ID: 1776
Edward Lorenz discovers chaos theory through mathematical weather modeling
ID: 1776
1961
ID: 1777
Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space using mathematical flight control systems
ID: 1777
1961
ID: 1779
OUR LADY OF AKITA, JAPAN begins - 'The work of the devil will infiltrate even the Church'
ID: 1779
1961
ID: 4377
Max Palevsky founds Scientific Data Systems - later sold to Xerox for $920 million, funds Intel
ID: 4377
1961
ID: 4478
ANITA Mark VII released - world's first all-electronic desktop calculator using vacuum tubes
ID: 4478
1961
ID: 4492
Edward Lorenz discovers sensitive dependence on initial conditions - birth of chaos theory
ID: 4492
1961
ID: 1768
May 15, 1961
Pope John XXIII issues 'Mater et Magistra' on social progress and human dignity
ID: 1768
1961
ID: 1778
October 13, 1961
Blessed Alexandrina da Costa dies (October 13 - Fatima anniversary) - Lived 13 years on Eucharist alone
ID: 1778
1961
ID: 4314
November 1961
MIT demonstrates Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS) - multiple users share single computer
ID: 4314