1961 Calendar
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1961 Historical Event(s)
January 3, 1961
– The SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, underwent a core explosion and meltdown, killing three workers.
February 3, 1961
– The United States Air Forces begins Operation Looking Glass, and over the next 30 years, a “Doomsday Plane” is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States’ bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the SAC’s command post.
February 15, 1961
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
March 29, 1961
– The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
April 17, 1961
– Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
May 28, 1961
– 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.
June 17, 1961
– The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
August 25, 1961
– President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power.
October 31, 1961
– In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Lenin’s Tomb.
December 9, 1961
– Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
Who Were Born On 1961?
February 21, 1961
– Bertha Faye, American wrestler (d. 2001)
March 10, 1961
– Laurel Clark, physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
April 7, 1961
– Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
May 30, 1961
– Ralph Carter, American actor
June 6, 1961
– Tom Araya, Chilean musician (Slayer)
June 7, 1961
– Kym Whitley, American actress and comedian
July 18, 1961
– Alan Pardew, English football manager
August 8, 1961
– Daniel House, American musician and music executive
September 1, 1961
– Scott “Bam Bam” Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
September 24, 1961
– Allen Bestwick, NASCAR broadcaster