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- MAJOR EVENTS: Outgoing President Eisenhower issues warning of a "military industrial complex" developing in America President Kennedy establishes Peace Corps Cuban exiles fail in their bid to invade Cuba through the Bay of Pigs; President Kennedy accepts responsibility Soviets build wall dividing East and West Berlin Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann tried in Israel, found guilty "Freedom Riders" travel throughout the South to test and promote integration measures; many are assaulted and beaten SCIENCE...
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January 30 – President John F. Kennedy delivers his first State of the Union Address. January 31 – Ham, a 37-pound (17-kg) male chimpanzee, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule, designed to carry United States astronauts into space.
Feb 3, 2021 · A timeline of JFK’s first year, the Space Race, and the Cold War, along with many other events that made headlines in 1961.
5. 1961 Fidel Castro declares Cuba bans free elections. 6. 1961 April 17th to 19th A 1,500 CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles invade southern Cuba at the "Bay of Pigs" / Bahía de Cochinos. 7. 118 are killed and 1,202 are captured by Cuban forces. 8. 1962 1,113 prisoners are released in exchange for US$53 million in food and medicine.
Oilers Defeat Chargers. Jan 1 1st AFL Championship, Jeppesen Stadium, Houston; Houston Oilers beat Los Angeles Chargers, 24-16; QB George Blanda 3 TD passes, 3 conversions and a field goal. NFL Quarterback and Placekicker George Blanda. Jan 1 Briggs Stadium, home of baseball's Detroit Tigers is officially renamed Tigers Stadium.
View a 1961 calendar. World Events. World Statistics. Population: 4.378 billion. population by decade. Nobel Peace Prize: Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden) More World Statistics... US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
January 30 – President John F. Kennedy delivers his first State of the Union Address. January 31 – Ham, a 37-pound (17-kg) male chimpanzee, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury spacecraft, designed to carry United States astronauts into space.
Jul 23, 2015 · Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Major Events. Jan 4 Longest recorded strike ends as the Danish barbers' assistants end a 33 year strike. Space Dog Laika Launched to her Death. Mar 9 Soviet flight Sputnik 9 carries and returns from orbit a dog named Chernushka (Blackie), frogs and a guinea pig.
