Date: February 15, 1961
In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. 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 1961Mercury-Redstone 4: Gus Grissom Second American in Space, July…
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 1961Freedom Riders Begin Southern Bus Trip May 4, 1961Angolan War of…
British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London. Date: January 9, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961De Gaulle Assumes Emergency Powers During Algiers Putsch, April 23, 1961Baixa de…
Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. Date: August 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Rokotov-Faibishenko Show Trial Begins in Moscow, May…
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…
In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism. Date: April 16, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Sputnik 9…