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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.
October 9 – The New York Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 4 games to 1, to win their 19th World Series Title. October 27 – A standoff between Soviet and American tanks in Berlin, Germany heightens Cold War tensions. November – The Fantastic Four #1 comic debuts, launching the Marvel Universe and revolutionizing the American comic book ...
The loss, however, did not affect Minnesota's recognition as the national champion of the 1960 college football season, since the final AP and UPI polls were taken prior to the postseason bowl games. Cuba's Prime Minister, Fidel Castro, demanded that the United States Embassy in Havana reduce its staff from 87 to only 11 within 48 hours.
From fascinating bite-size tidbits about science, to celebrities, history, and the plain weird and bizarre. The “Today I Learned” (TIL) page is a go-to corner of the internet, where a whopping ...
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.
Image credits: historians #3. East German soldier helps a little boy sneak across the Berlin Wall the day it was erected in 1961. The boy had been left behind in the chaos of people fleeing to be ...
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This trivia quiz will take you on a fun journey into the origins of some of the world’s most familiar inventions and ideas. From the birthplace of the Rubik’s Cube to the invention of the ...