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1961 was a common year ... These events result in the beginning of the colonial war with Portugal. March 18. ... the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game tie ...
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, ...
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)
3 August – Suicide Act 1961 decriminalises acts of, or attempts at suicide in England and Wales. 10 August – The UK applies for membership of the EEC . 16 August – The play Lady Chatterley by John Harte – based on D. H. Lawrence's novel – opens at the Arts Theatre in London and is well-reviewed by West End theatre critic Harold Hobson.
January 20, 1961: Inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. April 17, 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began; it fails by April 19. May 4, 1961: Freedom Riders began interstate bus rides to test the new U.S. Supreme Court integration decision. May 5, 1961: Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3.
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.
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