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Events[]
- The 1961 New York Yankees team played this season. Holographic versions of this team were programmed with their 1961 statistics for play in 24th century Federation holoprograms.[1][2]
- The city Stalingrad on Earth is renamed Volgograd.[2]
- Angela Franklin ends her tour in Korea, serving with the US Army Corps of Engineers.[3]
- Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.[4]
- January
- John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as US President.[1][2]
- 25 November
- Nuclear fission-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) enters commission.[5]
People[]
Births and deaths[]
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- Carl Gustav Jung dies.[6]
Appendices[]
References and notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DS9 episode: "For the Cause".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Historical fact.
- ↑ TOS - Assignment: Earth comic: "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns".
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Chronology
- ↑ TNG reference: On Board the USS Enterprise
- ↑ ST website: StarTrek.com.
External links[]
- 1961 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1961 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.