Date: June 1, 1961
Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday. Date: August 13, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…
Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched. Date: February 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Eichmann Trial: Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death, December 15, 1961Tunisia Blockades French Naval Base at Bizerte, July 19,…
Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece. Date: September 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Throgs Neck Bridge Opens Linking Bronx and Queens, January 11, 1961SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Steam Explosion Near…
Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. Date: June 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this…
LAN-Chile Flight 621 crashes in the Andes mountains, killing 21 people, including Argentinian football player Eliseo Mouriño. Date: April 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Aero Flight 311 Crashes in Kvevlax, Finland, Killing…
Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space. Date: January 31, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Rudolf Nureyev Defects from Soviet Union in Paris, June 16, 1961Soviet Union Launches Venera…