Date: October 31, 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 1961Operation Ranch…
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization. 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 1961Aero Flight 311 Crashes in Kvevlax, Finland, Killing 25…
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 1961Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather Set Manned Balloon Altitude Record, May 4, 1961Canadian…
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board. Date: September 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Fidel Castro Declares Marxism-Leninism…
United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in an air crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: September 18, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster. Date: June 8, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Soviet Union Launches Venera 1 Toward Venus, February 12, 1961First Congress of…