Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members. Date: February 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug. Date: February 13, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Beatles at the Cavern Club: Lunchtime – The Beatles perform under this name at The Cavern Club for the first time following their return to Liverpool from Hamburg. Date: February 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…
The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin. Date: February 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a "Doomsday Plane" is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC's command post. Date: February 3, 1961 Read more on…
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)
The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat. Date: January 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Walt Disney Productions released the animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians, based on Dodie Smith's 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Date: January 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)