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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.
Within two weeks, a reservoir of nearly 5 square miles (13 km 2) was created and a supply of hydroelectric power was created. At the same time, two of the world's largest geysers—the 295-foot (90 m) high Minquini and the 180-foot (55 m) high Orakeikorako—were covered over and made extinct.
Events from the year 1961 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government. President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) (until January 20) John F ...
[69] [70] The story of the brutality at Parchman was reported worldwide after another of the protestors was released two weeks later. [71] [72] At the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, the search ceased for a Soviet Venus probe "lost" since February 1961, as visiting Soviet space scientists prepared to leave. The probe was last commanded on ...
September 1, 1961: Eritrea (green) begins 29 year fight for independence from Ethiopia September 18, 1961: UN Secretary-General Hammarskjöld killed in plane crash September 9, 1961: USS Long Beach, world's first nuclear-powered surface ship, commissioned September 17, 1961: Turkey's ex-premier Menderes revived from drug overdose, then hanged
The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the idea one week later, and the group first met on March 14, 1962. The 18 nations were the U.S., the UK, Italy, Canada and France; the USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania; and the non-aligned states of Mexico, Brazil, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Egypt, Sweden, India and Burma.
April 28, 1961: Launch of Little Joe 5B. Little Joe 5B, the final uncrewed test of the Launch Escape System of the Mercury spacecraft, was launched from Wallops Island, Virginia, exactly one week before the first American astronaut would be launched from Cape Canaveral. A misfire sent the rocket to an altitude of only 14,000 feet (4,300 m), far ...
The blast, which happened at the Dukla mine at Karviná, Czech Republic, caused an underground fire that prevented rescuers from reaching the trapped men. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Tennis star Rod Laver of Australia defeated American Chuck McKinley in straight sets, 6–3, 6–1 and 6–4 to win the championship at Wimbledon .