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World events in the year 1961 include the following.

  • US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
  • East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13).
  • 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
(Above retrieved from Infoplease)
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