^ James Minahan, Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002) p2055

^ Malik Mufti, Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq (Cornell University Press, 1996) p136

^ "Israel Town Created in Negev Area as First of Co-op Chain", Miami News, December 2, 1961, p6A

^ Adam Powell and Phil Ford, University of North Carolina Basketball (Arcadia Publishing, 2005) p61;

^ "Dinah's Marriage Goes On Rocks", Miami News, December 3, 1961, p1

^ "Alabama Named National Champ", Spokane Daily Chronicle, December 5, 1961, p19 , December 5, 1961, p19

^ Edward Zawadzki, The Ultimate Canadian Sports Trivia Book (Dundurn Press Ltd., 2001) p50

^ David Remnick, King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero (Random House, Inc., 1999) pp13-14

^ "West, Reds Adopt Laos Agreement", Miami News, December 4, 1961, p1

^ Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam (National Academies Press, 1997) pp16-17

^ Scott B. MacDonald, Trinidad and Tobago: Democracy and Development in the Caribbean (ABC-CLIO, 1986) p135

^ Keith E. Bonn, Army Officer's Guide (Stackpole Books, 2005) p556

^ "Hijacked Red Train Flees To West", Miami News, December 6, 1961, p10A

^ Hans-Hermann Hertle, The Berlin Wall: Monument of the Cold War (Ch. Links Verlag, 2008) p52

^ Robert Anthony Waters, Historical Dictionary of United States-Africa Relations (Scarecrow Press, 2009) pp243-244; "U.S. OKs Funds For Ghana Dam", Miami News, December 16, 1961, p1

^ "Man In Orbit: Russ '61, U.S. '62", Deseret News, December 7, 1961, p2

^ Ben Evans, Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties (Springer, 2009) p220

^ Steven S. Gaines, Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys (Da Capo Press, 1995) pp66-67

^ "15 Persons Are Killed in Blaze at Hospital", Milwaukee Journal, December 9, 1961, p1

^ Ellsworth Grant, Connecticut Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival (Globe Pequot, 2006) pp149-153

^ John Taylor, The Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and the Golden Age of Basketball (Random House, 2005); "Chamberlain Scores 78 as Warriors Lose", Milwaukee Journal, December 9, 1961, p20

^ Thomas M. Franck, Nation against Nation: What Happened to the U.N. Dream and What the U.S. Can Do about It (Oxford University Press, 1985) p53

^ "Philip Hoists Free Tanganyika's Flag", Montreal Gazette, December 9, 1961, p2

^ Michael Longford, The Flags Changed at Midnight: Tanganyika's Progress towards Independence (Gracewing Publishing, 2001) p415-417

^ The Age (Melbourne), December 19, 1961, p1 Election Results 1961 , University of Western Australia; "MENZIES GOVERNMENT HAS MAJORITY OF TWO SEATS; Moreton Gives 62-60 Result",(Melbourne), December 19, 1961, p1

^ "Russia Severs Its Ties With Albania", St. Petersburg (FL) Times, December 11, 1961, p1; Robert Elsie, Historical Dictionary of Albania Scarecrow Press, 2010) p392

^ "Red China Speeds Aid To Albania", Miami News, December 18, 1961, p6A

^ Barton C. Hacker, Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974 (University of California Press, 1994) p214; "Radioactive Steam Escapes From Blast", Edmonton Journal, December 11, 1961, p1

^ Peter Dorland and James Nanney,, Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam (U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1982) p23; "Copter Load, 2 Companies Reach Saigon", Youngstown Vindicator, December 11, 1961, p1

^ "EICHMANN CONVICTED BY ISRAEL", Pittsburgh Press, December 11, 1961, p1

^ Ruth Sachs, Adolf Eichmann: Engineer of Death (Rosen Publishing Group, 2001) pp5-7

^ David Aikman, Great Souls: Six Who Changed the Century (Lexington Books, 2003) p160

^ Ron Miller, Space Innovations: Satellites (Twenty-First Century Books, 2007) p81

^ "Japan Cracks Plot To Slay Premier", Miami News, December 12, 1961, p 1

^ "The Geneva Conference - Five Years Later", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (January 1967) p39

^ Van Dijk, Pieter: Doping bestaat en doen we eraan, Het Vrije Volk, Holland, 13 December 1961

^ Lynne E. Ford, Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics (Infobase Publishing, 2008) p370

^ "Syrian Assembly Elects President",New York Times, December 15, 1961

^ "Red China's Bid For Seat In United Nations Foiled", Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, December 16, 1961, p1

^ Michael J. Walsh, The Conclave: A Sometimes Secret and Occasionally Bloody History of Papal Elections (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) p151

^ "Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Be Hanged for Crimes", Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, December 15, 1961, p1

^ Mark Riebling, Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 : How the Secret War between the FBI and CIA has Endangered National Security (Simon and Schuster, 2002) p179

^ "I Am Prepared to Die", by Nelson Mandela, reprinted in LEADERSHIP: Essential Selections on Power, Authority, and Influence (McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010) p267

^ The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970 (Zebra Press, 2004) p383

^ "300 Feared Dead In Rio Circus Fire", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 18, 1961, p1

^ "He Put Torch To 'Big Top'", Miami News, December 21, 1961, p11A

^ Eliakim M. Sibanda, The Zimbabwe African People's Union, 1961-87: A Political History of Insurgency in Southern Rhodesia (Africa World Press, 2005) p71

^ Mustasad Ahmad, Living up to Heritage: History of the Rajput Regiment 1947-1970 (Lancer Publishers, 1997) p126

^ "INDIA GRABS PORTUGUESE TERRITORIES", Miami News, December 18, 1961, p1

^ Tom Gallagher, Portugal: A Twentieth-Century Interpretation (Manchester University Press ND, 1983) p156

^ David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky, Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Scarecrow Press, 2004) p131

^ Satyindra Singh, Blueprint to Bluewater: The Indian Navy, 1951-65 (Lancer Publishers, 1992) pp407-408

^ Retnowati Abdulgani-Knapp, Soeharto: The Life and Legacy of Indonesia's Second President: An Authorised Biography (Marshall Cavendish, 2007) p38; "Indonesia Gets Ready For War", Miami News, December 19, 1961, p1

^ Edmund Jan Osmańczyk and Anthony Mango, Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements, Volume 4 (Taylor & Francis, 2003) p2445

^ Mike Gruntman, Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry (AIAA, 2004) p420

^ John H. Davis, The Kennedys: Dynasty and Disaster (SPI Books, 1993) p725

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1723 (XVI) 20 December 1961 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1723 (XVI)1961

^ "Tshombe Ends Katanga Revolt", Miami News, December 21, 1961, p1

^ "Rail Car Plunge Kills 71", Miami News, December 24, 1961, p1

^ "Wreck Engineer Gets 10 Years", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 4, 1966, p38; Edgar A. Haine, Railroad Wrecks (Associated University Presses, 1993) p170

^ "Boat Carrying 32 Capsizes", Miami News, December 23, 1961, p2A; "13 Die, 5 Missing In Boat Sinking", Miami News, December 23, 1961, p2A

^ "Yule Bomb Blast; 51 Die", Milwaukee Sentinel, December 26, 1961, p1

^ Paul Preston, The Triumph of Democracy in Spain (Methuen & Co., 1987) p7

^ Peter W. Wilson and Douglas Graham, Saudi Arabia: The Coming Storm (M.E. Sharpe, 1994) p51

^ "Houston Retains A.F.L. Title", Windsor Star, December 26, 1961, p25

^ Ronald H. Bayor, Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans (ABC-CLIO, 2011) p1046

^ "Unity, Atheism Big Concerns Of Papal Council", Miami News, December 26, 1961, p2A

^ Michael C. Thomsett, Heresy in the Roman Catholic Church: A History (McFarland, 2011) p242

^ "Nashville Fire Destroys Maxwell House", Miami News, December 26, 1961, p1

^ The Warren Commission Report (1964) p262

^ "Yemen Quits Club, Nasser's UAR All Gone", Miami News, December 27, 1961, p1

^ James Glanz, Eric Lipton, City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center (Macmillan, 2003) p129

^ "New Soviet Ambassador Here Named", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 28, 1961, p2

^ "Victims' Kin Rip Up Tracks After Wreck", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 28, 1961, p2

^ Gene Smith, When the Cheering Stopped (William Morrow & Sons, 1964)

^ "President Wilson's Widow Dies", Miami News, December 27, 1961, p6A

^ Todd Shepard, The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France (Cornell University Press, 2008) p85

^ "De Gaulle to Recall Most Algeria Troops", Chicago Daily Tribune, December 30, 1961, p5

^ Emizet F. Kisangani and F. Scott Bobb, Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo(Scarecrow Press, 2010) p263

^ Pauline Fairclough, A Soviet Credo: Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006) p xv

^ "Philippines President Inaugurated", Spokane Spokesman-Review, December 31, 1961, p1

^ J. H. Whyte, et al., A New History of Ireland, Volumes 7-8 (Oxford University Press, 1976) p301