Date: September 10, 1961
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The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury. Date: September 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…
Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space. Date: January 31, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Freedom Riders Begin Southern Bus Trip May 4, 1961Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails in…
The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin. Date: February 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Konstantinos Dovas Becomes Prime Minister of Greece, September 20, 1961Canadian Bank of Commerce…
The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched. 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 1961Alleged 500,000-Year-Old Spark Plug Rock Discovered in California, February 13, 1961Freedom Riders Arrested in…
Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people. 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 1961Khrushchev Sparks Berlin Crisis at Vienna…
Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. Date: June 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this…