1961 Events

1961 Happenings

05/01/1961 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba         

05/04/1961 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South     

05/25/1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade

08/17/1961 Building of Berlin Wall begins

10/06/1961 JFK advises Americans to build shelters

12/31/1961 1st performance of Beach Boys

June 1961

06/14/1961 106øF, hottest temperature in San Francisco

06/17/1961 Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt

06/18/1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke

06/19/1961 Kuwait declares independence from UK

06/24/1961 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait

06/24/1961 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"

06/29/1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)

06/30/1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit