Kennedy Declares Attack on Berlin Is Attack on NATO, July 25, 1961

Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight. Date: March 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Patrice Lumumba…

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 1961Robert Noyce Granted Integrated Circuit Patent April 25, 1961Freedom Riders Arrested in Jackson, Mississippi May 24,…

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 1961Air France…

ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72. Date: July 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961World’s First Retractable Roof Stadium Opens in Pittsburgh, September 17, 1961South African Constitution Creates…

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…