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May 14 – American civil rights movement: A Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob of Ku Klux Klan members. May 21 – American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
January 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) February 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) March 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
1961 events in the United States by month (11 C) / ... 1961 American novels (66 P) P. 1961 in American politics (4 C, 19 P) S. 1961 in American sports (28 C, 12 P) T.
1961 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1961st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 961st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1960s decade.
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
January 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) February 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) March 1961 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
October 1961 events in North America (3 C, 1 P) November 1961 events in North America (2 C, 3 P) December 1961 events in North America (3 C, 2 P) C.
NBC's news division provided coverage in color. January 25 John F. Kennedy held the first live televised presidential press conference. March 5 The launch of the spacecraft Freedom 7 in a 15-minute sub-orbital spaceflight is seen by 45 million American television viewers. [1] Alan B. Shepard becomes the first U.S. astronaut in space.