1961 in the United States

Events from the year 1961 in the United States. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) (until January 20) John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) (starting January 20) Vice President: Richard Nixon (R-California) (until January 20) Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (starting January 20) Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) (until November 16) vacant (starting November 16) Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (until January 3) Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) (starting January 3) Congress: 86th (until January 3), 87th (starting January 3) ==== State governments ==== == Events == === January–March === January 3 President Dwight Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.

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