Date: November 3, 1961
In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker. Date: October 31, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 31 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Damascus…
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…
An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug. Date: February 13, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Viasa Flight 897 Crash Kills 61 After…
The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri. 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 1961Throgs Neck Bridge Opens Linking Bronx and Queens, January 11, 1961African and Malagasy Union Founded,…
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 1961K-19 Nuclear Submarine Reactor Failure on July 4, 1961Alleged 500,000-Year-Old Spark Plug Rock…
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. Date: April 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This…