Date: April 17, 1961
📅 Events on this day in 1961
📅 On This Day (Today)
American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. Date: May 24, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Aero Flight 311 Crashes in…
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 1961Goldsboro B-52 Crash and Lost H-Bomb Core, January 24, 1961Soviet Navy Tests First Armed Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile,…
Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the ketch Bluebelle. Date: November 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Freedom Riders Arrested in Jackson, Mississippi May 24,…
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…
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashes during takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 37 people on board. Date: September 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Soviet Navy Tests First…
Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California. Date: February 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Robert Noyce Granted Integrated Circuit Patent – April 25,…