Windows: Press F5 to toggle on and off.
Mac: Hold function (fn) and press F5
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This applies on not just Minecraft 1.6.1, but all versions of Minecraft prior to the update of 3rd person. To get off 3rd person, you must press f5. You may then go into a different angle. Press f5 again and you'll be back to 1st person mode.
f5 goes into 3rd person, f5 again goes into backwards 3rd person, and f5 again goes into 1st person.
Windows: Press F5 Mac: Press fn+F5
Just press F5, If your on some kind of laptop or something press FN+F5
If you are playing Minecraft Classic, they don't have 3rd person mode. EDIT: Also, if your computer OS is Windows 7, you cant use F5 or any of the other F keys. Hopefully this will be fixed.