Date: March 29, 1961
Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. Date: February 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Sabena Flight 548 Crash Kills U.S. Figure Skating Team,…
French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. Date: July 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961TWA Flight 529 Crash Kills 78 at Midway Airport September 1, 1961British Expose Soviet Portland Spy…
Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Date: May 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…
Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Date: May 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…
At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect. Date: March 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1. Date: October 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Explorer 9 Launches in Explorer Program, February 16, 1961Soviet Navy Tests First Armed Submarine-Launched…