NASA Tests First Saturn I Rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1, October 27, 1961

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 1961John F. Kennedy Delivers First Live Presidential TV News Conference,…

Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head. Date: September 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Park Chung Hee Leads South Korea Coup d’État, May 16,…

The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated. Date: February 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Dadra and Nagar Haveli Merged into Union Territory August 11, 1961Project Stormfury: Hurricane Esther…

Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle. Date: May 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This…

Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters. Date: October 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Ahmad Shukeiri’s First Apartheid Analogy Attempt, October 17, 1961Sabena Flight 548 Crash…