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The following events occurred in December 1961: ==December 1, 1961 (Friday)== *The Dutch colony of Netherlands New Guinea raised the new Morning Star flag next to the Dutch tri-color, and was made the autonomous territory of West Papua, with partial self-government as a UN Mandate. In 1963, however, the UN turned the mandate over to Indonesia, which annexed West Papua in 1969 after a sham plebiscite.〔James Minahan, ''Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: S-Z'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002) p2055〕 *Syrian parliamentary election, 1961: The first elections held in Syria, since its separation from the United Arab Republic, brought the People's Party a plurality of the seats. The party's leaders, Nazim al-Kudsi and Maarouf al-Dawalibi, would respectively be named the President and Prime Minister by the new Parliament.〔Malik Mufti, ''Sovereign Creations: Pan-Arabism and Political Order in Syria and Iraq'' (Cornell University Press, 1996) p136〕 *Algeria's News Agency was founded. *''RTÉ Guide'' began publication, under the title "RTV Guide". *Britannia Airways was set up in the UK, under the name Euravia (London). *Tallinn Botanic Garden was established in Tallinn, Estonian SSR *Arara, Paraíba, in north-eastern Brazil, became a municipality. *Following the resignation of Tasmanian Liberal MHA for Bass, John Steer, to contest the Council seat of Cornwall, a recount resulted in the election of Liberal candidate Max Bushby. *A coat of arms was officially granted to Hordaland. *Israel announced plans to establish "the world's first chain of industrial co-operative towns" in the Negev Desert, starting with the community of Mitzpe Ramon.〔"Israel Town Created in Negev Area as First of Co-op Chain", ''Miami News'', December 2, 1961, p6A〕 *Born: Jeremy Northam, English actor, in Cambridge 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「December 1961」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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