Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails in Cuba – April 20, 1961

Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba. Date: January 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Bay of Pigs Invasion: CIA-Backed Cuban…

Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain. Date: December 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Northwest Orient Flight 706 Crashes at O’Hare, Killing 37 September 17, 1961France Referendum Supports Charles de Gaulle’s Algeria Policy, January…

Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece. Date: September 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Eisenhower Warns of Military-Industrial Complex in Farewell Address, January 17, 1961Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails in…

American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. Date: May 21, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961TWA Flight…

Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. Date: September 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Stalin’s Body Removed from…

Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. Date: May 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Soviet Submarine S-80 Sinks After Snorkel Malfunction, January 27, 1961Sputnik 9…