Almanac Today December 20 1961 Historical Moments
Almanac notes December 20 1961 a Wednesday the 354th day with 11 to follow. Historical events include Samuel Slater starting the first successful American cotton mill in Pawtucket 1790. US acquisition of lands from France in 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Sherman’s Savannah arrival 1864. Lenin ordered Cheka 1947. Thought from Acts condemning self judgment.
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Pawtucket
Samuel Slater
United States
France
Louisiana Purchase
William Sherman
Savannah
Nikolai Lenin
Russia
Cheka
Cat Lover Wins Dog Contest Prize
Miss Cecile P Woells of Brooklyn won a prize in a dog food jingle contest and the check was presented at her apartment. The winner revealed the ad hoc jingle line and joked about the contest, while the sisters' dog had died earlier in the year, and the prize will help with pet names and care.
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WEW York
Cecile P. Woells
Eupreme
Sentative
Brooklyn
Thos
Wulff
Rontess
Jealnisy
Tytler
Downing
Keenity
Baby
Aggie
Hawking
Frogey
Shiry
Nicely
Noni
Widlow
JFK Postpones Press Meeting
President Kennedy postpones a press meeting due to illness in Washington CAD. The postponement comes as officials cite health concerns and schedule disruptions affecting planned announcements. The White House says a new date will be announced later.
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Washington
Kennedy
Oday
Fallout from Soviet A tests within safe limits
AEC says radiation exposure from all nuclear tests since 1945 remains within acceptable health limits. The 1961 Soviet tests produced 23 to 50 megatons of fission yield, compared with 25 megatons for American and British tests combined, with long lived fallout potentially reaching the United States.
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AEC
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S. Atomik
Energy Commission
United States
Gordon M. Dunning
Ison Horn
Colneil
Envoy To Spend Yule in Berlin
Walter Dow ing, the U.S. ambassador to West Germany, arrived today to spend Christmas in isolated West Berlin. The trip underscores ongoing U.S. interest in the divided city during the holiday season.
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Berlin
Walter Dowing
U.S
West Germany
Christas
West Berlin
Yule Card Spurs Arrest Warrant in Arkansas
Blytheville police received a Christmas card from Alabama farm laborer Allen Culp prompting a warrant for his arrest. Sheriff Hugh Champion of Chilton County reported Culp had escaped jail eight months earlier.
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Blytheville, Ark
Alabama
Allen Culp
Blytheville
Culp
Hugh Champion
Chilton County
Ala
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