Date: February 15, 1961
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Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. Date: May 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 10 π Events on this day in 1961 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Fidel Castro Declares Cuba Communist in National Speech, April 16, 1961Air…
Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain. Date: December 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 9 π Events on this day in 1961 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Greece Joins European Economic Community via Athens Agreement July 9, 1961Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Signed in New York City,…
In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a MarxistβLeninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. Date: April 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 16 π Events on this day in 1961 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Goldsboro B-52…
In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. Date: September 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 10 π Events on this day in 1961…
ΔSA Flight 511 crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, killing 52. Date: March 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 28 π Events on this day in 1961 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Fidel Castro Declares Cuba Socialist, Abolishes Elections, May 1, 1961Sputnik 9 Launches with Dog and Dummy,…
French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. Date: July 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 20 π Events on this day in 1961 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1961De Gaulle Assumes Emergency Powers During Algiers Putsch, April 23, 1961USAF B-52 Nuclear Bomber Crashes Near…