Date: September 18, 1961
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. Date: June 19, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Conrad Schumann Defects from East Germany During Berlin Wall Construction, August 15, 1961Project Stormfury: Hurricane Esther Silver Iodide…
TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. Date: September 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On…
Air France Flight 2005 crashes near Rabat–Salé Airport, in Rabat, Morocco, killing 77 people. Date: September 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961First Congress of Spanish Trade Union Organisation Inaugurated, February 27, 1961Paris…
Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered together with former Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of the Congo Maurice Mpolo and former Senator from Kasai Province Joseph Okito in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. Date: January 17, 1961 Read more on…
Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. Date: August 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅…
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, 1961France Referendum Supports Charles…