Date: February 3, 1961
Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. Date: February 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Pakistan Establishes Space Research Commission, Abdus Salam Leads, September 16, 1961Uganda Self-Governing, Holds First Elections March 1, 1961Moscow…
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…
LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño. Date: April 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Khrushchev Sparks Berlin Crisis at Vienna Summit June…
The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Date: August 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Walt Disney Releases…
Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. Date: July 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Konstantinos Dovas Becomes Prime Minister of…
The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury. Date: September 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…