Editing 1961 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1961}}
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Ethiopia]] experiences its most devastating earthquake of the 20th century, with a magnitude of 6.7. The town of [[Majete]] is destroyed, 45% of the houses in [[Karakore]] collapse, {{convert|17|km|mi|sp=us}} of the main road north of Karakore are damaged by landslides and fissures, and 5,000 inhabitants in the area are left homeless.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Vienna summit]]: [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] meet during two days in [[Vienna]]. They discuss nuclear tests, [[disarmament]] and Germany.
* [[June 12]] &ndash; A patent for the body electrode invented by Richard M. Berman and Bernard Schwartz is applied for.<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US3085577A/en US3085577A].</ref>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; Soviet ballet dancer [[Rudolf Nureyev]] [[Defection|defects]] to the West at [[Paris–Le Bourget Airport]] while on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]].
* [[June 17]]
** A Paris-to-[[Strasbourg]] train derails near [[Vitry-le-François]]; 24 are killed, 109 injured.
** The [[New Democratic Party]] of Canada is founded, with the merger of the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) and the [[Canadian Labour Congress]].
* [[June 19]] &ndash; The British [[protectorate]] ends in [[Kuwait]] and it becomes an [[emirate]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Moise Tshombe]] is released for lack of evidence of his connection to the murder of [[Patrice Lumumba]].
* [[June 23]] &ndash; The [[Antarctic Treaty]] comes into effect.
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Iraq]]i president [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]] announces his intention to annex newly independent [[Kuwait]] (such an annexation [[Gulf War|will occur]] in [[1990]]).
* [[June 27]] &ndash; Kuwait requests British help against the Iraqi threat; the United Kingdom sends in troops.