Adolf Eichmann Trial Begins in Jerusalem, April 11, 1961

Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. Date: May 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Peter Benenson Publishes The Forgotten Prisoners, Founding Amnesty International, May…

Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather attain a new altitude record for manned balloon flight ascending in the Strato-Lab V open gondola to 113,740 feet (34.67 km). Date: May 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered together with former Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of the Congo Maurice Mpolo and former Senator from Kasai Province Joseph Okito in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. Date: January 17, 1961 Read more on…

Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. Date: May 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961US Severs Diplomatic Relations with Cuba, January 3, 1961John F. Kennedy…

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…

Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom. Date: June 19, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961French Military Breaks Tunisian Siege of Bizerte, July 20, 1961Baixa de Cassanje Revolt Begins Angolan War of Independence,…