January 20, 1961: Kennedy inaugurated as 35th U.S. PresidentJanuary 17, 1961: Outgoing U.S. President Eisenhower warns against the "military-industrial complex"January 24, 1961: Nuclear bomb accidentally dropped on Goldsboro, NCJanuary 1, 1961: British farthing, worth 1⁄4 a penny, discontinued after 600 years