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…
Tag: 1961
16 June 1961
While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union
30 October 1961
Due to “violations of Vladimir Lenin’s precepts”, it is decreed that Joseph Stalin’s body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin’s tomb and…
1 September 1961
The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
9 January 1961
British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
12 February 1961
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_1′]
12 February 1961
The USSR launches Venera 1 towards Venus. On November 16, 1965, Soviet spacecraft Venera 3 was launched. The Venera program space probe was built and…
25 January 1961
101 Dalmatians is premiered from Walt Disney Productions. One Hundred and One Dalmatians, often abbreviated as 101 Dalmatians, is a 1961 American animated adventure film…
16 June 1961
The dancer, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union. It was one of the most high profile defections of the Cold War, as one of…