Date: July 4, 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 1961US Air Force Begins Operation Looking Glass Doomsday Plane…
Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba. Date: April 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 20 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961John F. Kennedy Announces Apollo Moon Landing Goal May 25,…
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. Date: May 5, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961US Air Force Begins Operation Looking Glass Doomsday…
East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. Date: October 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Angolan War of Independence Begins, Portuguese Colonial War Starts February 4, 1961Yuri Gagarin…
Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. Date: May 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Dadra and Nagar Haveli Merged into Union Territory August 11,…
Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission). Date: July 21, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961South African…