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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.
Events from the year 1961 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government ... Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs, ...
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 disestablishments in the United States (39 C, 20 P) 1961 establishments in the United States (58 C, 54 P) A.
1st: January 3, 1961 – September 27, 1961 2nd : January 10, 1962 – October 13, 1962 The 87th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives .
The American League expands to 10 teams, adding the Los Angeles Angels and the new Washington Senators.The league schedule is expanded from 154 to 162 games. January 16 – Mickey Mantle becomes the highest paid player in Major League Baseball by signing a contract that will pay him $75,000 per season.
Developed between 1956 and 1961 as the Soviet Union engaged in a nuclear arms race with the United States, the Tsar Bomba - the King of Bombs - was the largest hydrogen bomb ever and was claimed ...
He called for a major American effort to regain the initiative, including a team of advisers to work with Diệm to influence him to undertake reforms. [7] 17 January - 30 September 1974. Operation Momentum was a secretive Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program to raise a guerilla army from the Hmong tribes in Laos. [8]: 61–6 19 January