Date: July 9, 1961
Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1. Date: April 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned. Date: April 30, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Khrushchev Sparks Berlin Crisis at Vienna Summit June 4, 1961Twenty-third Amendment Ratified, Washington…
During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him. Date: April 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. Date: February 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961African and Malagasy Union Founded, September 12, 1961Tanganyika Independence from Britain, December 9, 1961Goldsboro B-52 Crash and…
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 1961US Air…
India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. Date: December 19, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961LAN-Chile Flight 621 Crashes in Andes, Kills 21, April 3, 1961Rafael Trujillo Assassinated in Santo Domingo,…