France Referendum Supports Charles de Gaulle’s Algeria Policy, January 8, 1961
Date: January 8, 1961
Date: January 8, 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…
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) More events from 1961Stalin’s Body Removed from Lenin’s…
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) More events from 1961Eichmann Trial: Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death, December 15, 1961Dag Hammarskjöld Dies in Congo Air Crash, September…
In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, and is buried near the Kremlin Wall under a plain white marker. Date: October 31, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 31 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Hurricane…
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) More events from 1961John F. Kennedy Announces Apollo…
Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people. 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 1961Freedom Riders Begin Southern Bus Trip…