Kennedy Declares Attack on Berlin Is Attack on NATO, July 25, 1961

Uganda becomes self-governing and holds its first elections. Date: March 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Twenty-third Amendment Ratified, Washington D.C. Gains Presidential Vote, March 29, 1961Douglas Dakota IV Crashes in Canigou, France,…

Park Chung Hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. Date: May 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Conrad Schumann Defects from East Germany During Berlin Wall Construction,…

K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned. Date: April 30, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961First Congress of Spanish Trade Union Organisation Inaugurated, February 27, 1961Robert Noyce Granted…

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) More events from 1961Pakistan Establishes Space Research Commission, Abdus Salam Leads, September 16, 1961John F. Kennedy…

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 📅…