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The Memphis 13 are the group of young children who integrated the schools of Memphis, Tennessee. On October 3, 1961, 13 African-American first grade students were enrolled in schools that were previously all white. The schools that the students attended were Bruce, Gordon, Rozelle, and Springdale elementary schools. [1]
TWA Flight 529 was a Lockheed Constellation L-049 propliner, registration N86511, operating as a scheduled passenger service from Boston, Massachusetts to San Francisco, California. On September 1, 1961, at 02:05 CDT, the flight crashed into a field south of Clarendon Hills, IL shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport (ICAO: KMDW) in Chicago ...
The crash occurred while attempting to land during a rainstorm at approximately 1920 hrs. The Air Force said that five of the crew members survived because the nose of the plane broke off of the flaming fuselage. [211] 12 May "Ten navy flyers escaped today when their patrol plane was forced to ditch in the Sea of Japan off Oki Island. A ...
Douglas R5D-2 Skymaster, BuNo 39116, 'WC 116', on flight from MCAS El Toro, California to NAS Alameda, in low overcast and drizzle, strikes Sunol Ridge on ranch c. 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Niles, California at 13:45. Aircraft broke up and burned, killing 35, all but one of them Marines.
1961 Malév Hungarian Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain crash; 1961 Mineralnye Vody Il-18 crash; A. Aero Flight 311; Aeroflot Flight 068; Aeroflot Flight 245;
On March 13, 1961, Dominator was en route to Los Angeles from Vancouver with a cargo of wheat and beef when she ran aground off Palos Verdes, California. [6] For two days, the Coast Guard and tugboats attempted to refloat her, but heavy seas and high winds only forced her higher onto the rocks. After two days the crew abandoned ship.
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June 30 – A leaking pipeline released 30,000 barrels (4,800 m 3) of JP-4 grade jet fuel in Wilmington, California. There was no fire. [165] July 11 - A Standard Oil Company 12 inch gasoline pipeline ruptured & ignited, in Antioch, California, destroying 2 homes & damaging nearby railroad tracks. There were 2 minor injuries.