The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated. Date: October 30, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1. Date: October 27, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Navy performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf-class submarine. Date: October 20, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 20 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri. Date: October 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters. Date: October 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Douglas Dakota IV operated by Derby Aviation (later renamed to British Midland International) crashes in Canigou, France, killing 34 people. Date: October 7, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
The CTV Television Network, Canada's first private television network, is launched. Date: October 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon. Date: October 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization. Date: October 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria. Date: September 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 28 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)