Date: April 23, 1961
The SL-1 nuclear reactor, near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities. Date: January 3, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. Date: May 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion Near Idaho Falls, January 3, 1961CTV Television…
ČSA Flight 511 crashes at Casablanca–Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing 72. Date: July 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails in Cuba – April 20, 1961Robert McNamara Orders Creation…
Project Mercury: Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. Date: May 5, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Project Mercury: Ham’s Spaceflight on Mercury-Redstone 2, January…
Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster. Date: June 8, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961ČSA Flight 511 Crashes in Igensdorf, Germany, Killing 52 — March 28,…
In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. Date: April 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961SL-1 Nuclear…