Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Signed in New York City, March 30, 1961

An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug. Date: February 13, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Adolf Eichmann Trial Begins in Jerusalem, April…

Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first crewed orbital flight, Vostok 1. Date: April 12, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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…

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending. Date: January 17, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…

Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam. Date: November 18, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Air France Flight 2005 Crashes Near Rabat, Killing 77 -…

Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit. Date: April 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1961Angolan War of Independence Begins, Portuguese Colonial War Starts February 4, 1961First Congress of Spanish…