Lawrencium First Synthesized at UC Berkeley, February 14, 1961
Date: February 14, 1961
Date: February 14, 1961
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. Date: February 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Air France Flight 2005 Crashes Near Rabat, Killing 77 – September 12, 1961USAF B-52 Nuclear Bomber Crashes…
The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. Date: May 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Alan Shepard First American in Space, Project Mercury May 5,…
Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster. Date: June 8, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Project Stormfury: Hurricane Esther Silver Iodide Experiment, September 16, 1961African and Malagasy…
Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." Date: May 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia…
Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam. Date: November 18, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Brazilian President Jânio Quadros Resigns, Triggering Political Crisis – August…
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…