La Ronde Opens as First U.S. Revolving Restaurant in Honolulu, November 21, 1961

India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India. Date: December 19, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Eichmann Trial: Adolf Eichmann Sentenced to Death, December 15, 1961Alabama Governor Declares Martial Law Amid Race…

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) More events from 1961Bay…

The African and Malagasy Union is founded. Date: September 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Hurricane Carla Strikes Texas Coast as Category 4 Storm, September 11, 1961Rudolf Nureyev Defects from Soviet Union in…

Former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is murdered together with former Minister of Youth and Sports of the Republic of the Congo Maurice Mpolo and former Senator from Kasai Province Joseph Okito in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States. Date: January 17, 1961 Read more on…

Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the ketch Bluebelle. Date: November 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Walt Disney Releases One Hundred and One Dalmatians…

Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic. Date: January 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Project Stormfury: Hurricane Esther…