Project Mercury: Ham’s Spaceflight on Mercury-Redstone 2, January 31, 1961

Air France Flight 2005 crashes near Rabat–Salé Airport, in Rabat, Morocco, killing 77 people. 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 1961Konstantinos Dovas Becomes Prime Minister of Greece, September 20, 1961Damascus Military…

Air France Flight 406 is destroyed by a bomb over the Sahara, killing 78. Date: May 10, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Sabena Flight 548 Crash Kills U.S. Figure Skating Team, February 15,…

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International. Date: May 28, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day…

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 1961Project…

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 1961Viasa Flight 897 Crash Kills 61 at Lisbon Airport, May 30, 1961Canadian…

The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem. Date: April 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Paris Police Massacre Algerian Protesters, October 17, 1961The Beatles First Cavern Club Lunchtime Performance February 9, 1961Silchar…