Date: May 28, 1961
Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. Date: June 4, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this…
Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. Date: April 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This…
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. Date: August 1, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Throgs Neck Bridge Opens…
The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Date: September 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Douglas Dakota IV Crashes in Canigou, France, Killing 34, October 7, 1961Sputnik…
Eichmann trial: Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization. Date: December 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on…
Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." Date: May 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia…