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The following events occurred in April 1961: ==April 1, 1961 (Saturday)== *With the approval of the Food and Drug Directorate, the morning sickness suppressant thalidomide went on sale for the first time in Canada, marketed by Richardson-Merrill under the name Kevadon. The Horner Company would begin sales of its own version, Talimol, in October. Despite evidence later in the year that the drug caused birth defects, sales were not halted in Canada until March 21, 1962, after four million tablets had sold to expectant mothers.〔Georgina D. Feldberg, ''Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States since 1945'' (McGill-Queen's Press, 2003) pp47-49; "Sedative Blamed In Third Case", ''Montreal Gazette'', March 30, 1962, p4〕 *Television commercials were introduced to New Zealand, which had one station (AKTV2) in Auckland, and TV was allowed for 28 hours per week, spread over five days.〔()〕 *In Australia, Roger Nott replaced James Archer as Administrator of the Northern Territory. *The US Air Materiel Command was renamed Air Force Logistics Command. *The codename "Bumpy Road" was assigned to the US Navy operation in the Bay of Pigs Invasion plan.〔Kornbluh, Peter. 1998. Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba. The New Press. New York. ISBN 1-56584-494-7 ISBN 978-1565844940〕 *Jim Bakker, 21, and Tamara Faye LaValle, 19, who had met while students at North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, were married. As Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, the two would become America's most famous televangelist couple, but would separate after scandal ended their PTL Club ministry. The couple divorced in 1992.〔"Tammy Faye Bakker Gets Divorce, Custody of Son, 16", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 14, 1992〕 *Born: Susan Boyle, Scottish singer, in Blackburn, West Lothian; and Anders Forsbrand, Swedish golfer, in Filipstad 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「April 1961」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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