Date: January 3, 1961
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. Date: March 29, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Robert McNamara Orders Creation of…
During the Algiers putsch by French generals, President Charles de Gaulle announces he has assumed emergency powers, and calls on troops and civilians to support him. Date: April 23, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The United States Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. Date: February 3, 1961 Read more on…
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. 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 1961Robert Noyce Granted Integrated…
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 1961K-19 Nuclear Submarine Reactor Failure on July 4, 1961Lawrencium First Synthesized at UC Berkeley,…
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. Date: May 5, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Sputnik 9 Launches, Demonstrates Soviet Human Spaceflight Readiness,…