Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state. Date: September 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. Date: September 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1961…
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…
President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964. Date: August 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. Date: August 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Date: August 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons (76,000 m3) of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover. Date: August 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅…
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. Date: August 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. Date: July 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)