Date: June 4, 1961
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: September 18, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. Date: May 24, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather…
ČSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52. Date: March 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961USAF B-52 Nuclear Bomber Crashes Near Yuba City, California – March 14, 1961Northwest Orient Flight 706…
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua. Date: July 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961East and West Cameroon Merge into Federal Republic of Cameroon, October 1, 1961Aero Flight 311 Crashes…
The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. Date: May 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961British Expose Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London, January 9,…
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. Date: February 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Goldsboro B-52 Crash and Lost H-Bomb Core, January 24, 1961Venera 1 First Man-Made Object…