A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel…
Tag: 1961
12 February 1961
The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 to fly to the planet, Venus. Venera 1, the first spacecraft to fly past Venus, was launched by the…
15 September 1961
Hurricane Carla hits land in Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour. Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical cyclone landfall on…
23 January 1961
The Portuguese cruise ship, Santa Maria is hijacked by those wanting to wage war on dictator António de Oliveira Salazar.
13 August 1961
East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin top prevent attempts to escape to the West.
26 January 1961
USA President, John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. She is is the first woman to hold the appointment of Physician…