Editing 1961

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== Events ==
* April 17 to 20 - The Bay of Pigs invasion: the United States invades Cuba in an attempt to depose [[Fidel Castro]]. The invasion fails abysmally when Cuba learns of it ahead of time.
* May 16 - The [[Supreme Council for National Reconstruction]] overthrows South Korean President [[Syngman Rhee]] in a successful military coup. 
* May 30 - [[Rafael Trujillo]] is assassinated when his blue 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air is ambushed on a road outside the Dominican capital.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 13 - [[Julie Schenecker]]
* February 7 - [[Allen West]]
* May 30 - [[David Mack]]
* July 3 - [[Westley Allan Dodd]]
* July 24 - [[Joseph Kony]]
* November 25 - [[Buford Furrow]]
* December 1 - [[Armin Meiwes]]
* December 6 - [[Jennifer San Marco]]
=== Victim births ===


== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* May 30 - [[Rafael Trujillo]]
* August 27 - [[Hermann Becker-Freyseng]]
=== Victim deaths ===
* January 17 - Patrice Lumumba