Date: May 4, 1961
A USAF B-52 bomber carrying nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. Date: March 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Moscow Rokotov-Faibishenko Show Trial Begins, May 31, 1961Alabama Governor Declares Martial Law Amid…
ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72. Date: July 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Dag Hammarskjöld Dies in Congo Air Crash, September 18, 1961Soviet Union Launches Venera 1…
K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned. Date: April 30, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Conrad Schumann Defects from East Germany During Berlin Wall Construction, August 15, 1961Malcolm…
Greece becomes the first member state to join the European Economic Community by signing the Athens Agreement, which is later suspended in 1967 during the Greek junta. Date: July 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. Date: September 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On…
A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars. Date: January 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)…