Windows: Press F5
Mac: Press fn+F5
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Press f5 to go to 3'd person, press it again to look at yourself, and press it again to go back to 1'st person. (as of minecraft 1.1 ^.^)
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.
Press button 'F5' for the other 2 view modes. Press 'F5' to switch views.
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.