Events in 1961

141 notable events from 1961. Page 1 of 2.

• Michael Rockefeller
  Nov 19, 1961 · Indonesia
• Bay of Pigs Invasion
  Apr 17, 1961–Apr 19, 1961 · Cuba
• Ottis Toole
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1983 · United States
• Thalidomide scandal
  from 1961 · Germany
• Sino-Soviet split
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1989 · China
• Profumo affair
  Jul 9, 1961–Jun 4, 1963 · United Kingdom
• Barney and Betty Hill incident
  Sep 19, 1961–Sep 20, 1961 · United States
• SL-1
  Jan 3, 1961 · United States
• Nicaraguan Revolution
  1961–Feb 1990 · Nicaragua
• Eichmann trial
  Apr 11, 1961–Aug 15, 1961 · Israel
• Berlin Crisis of 1961
  Jun 4, 1961–Nov 9, 1961 · Germany
• 1961 Paris massacre
  Oct 17, 1961 · France
• 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
  Jan 24, 1961 · United States
• Algiers putsch of 1961
  Apr 21, 1961 · Algeria
• Operation Mongoose
  Nov 30, 1961–Oct 16, 1962 · United States
• May 16 coup
  May 16, 1961 · South Korea
• Bluebelle (ship)
  Nov 12, 1961 · —
• Graham Young
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Indian annexation of Goa
  from Dec 1961 · India
• Spade Cooley
  Apr 3, 1961 · —
• Bukit Ho Swee fire
  May 25, 1961 · Singapore
• Lobster War
  1961–1963 · Brazil
• Sabena Flight 548
  Feb 15, 1961 · Belgium
• Nabari poisoned wine case
  Mar 28, 1961 · Japan
• Niterói circus fire
  Dec 17, 1961 · Brazil
• Assassination of Patrice Lumumba
  Jan 1961 · DR Congo
• 1961 Ndola Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6 crash
  Sep 18, 1961 · Zambia
• First Iraqi–Kurdish War
  Sep 11, 1961–Mar 1, 1970 · Iraq
• 1961 Syrian coup d'état
  Sep 28, 1961 · Syrian Arab Republic
• Kurenivka mudslide
  Mar 13, 1961 · Ukraine
• Bizerte crisis
  Jul 19, 1961–Jul 23, 1961 · Tunisia
• Shimanaka incident
  Feb 1, 1961 · Japan
• Sanmu incident
  Dec 12, 1961 · Japan
• Operation 40
  1961–1970 · United States
• Disappearance of Ann Marie Burr
  Aug 31, 1961 · United States
• Seventh cholera pandemic
  from 1961 · China
• Night of Fire
  Jun 11, 1961–Jun 12, 1961 · Italy
• Air France Flight 406
  May 10, 1961 · Libya
• Hurricane Carla
  Sep 3, 1961–Sep 17, 1961 · United States
• Kindu atrocity
  Nov 12, 1961 · DR Congo
• 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombing
  Jun 18, 1961 · France
• Deveaux case
  Jul 7, 1961 · France
• Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks
  May 14, 1961 · United States
• Disappearance of Joan Risch
  Oct 24, 1961 · United States
• LAN-Chile Flight 621
  Apr 3, 1961 · Chile
• American Airlines Flight 1502
  Jan 28, 1961 · United States
• Santa Maria hijacking
  Jan 22, 1961–Feb 3, 1961 · —
• 1961 Yuba City B-52 crash
  Mar 14, 1961 · United States
• Arthur Lucas
  Nov 17, 1961 · Canada
• Legality Campaign
  Sep 7, 1961 · Brazil
• Richard Laurence Marquette
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1975 · United States
• Viasa Flight 897
  May 30, 1961 · Portugal
• TWA Flight 529
  Sep 1, 1961 · United States
• Lucy Ann Johnson
  Sep 1, 1961–Jun 1, 2013 · Canada
• Yossele Schumacher affair
  1960s · Israel
• Aero Flight 311
  Jan 3, 1961 · Finland
• Pont-sur-Seine assassination attempt
  Sep 8, 1961 · France
• Fiumarella rail disaster
  Dec 23, 1961 · Italy
• Gary Allen Srery
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 2007 · —
• Wilbert Rideau
  Jan 1, 1961 · United States
• Ernst-Dieter Beck
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1968 · Germany
• Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644
  Jul 19, 1961 · Argentina
• Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322
  Nov 23, 1961 · Brazil
• Bel Air Fire
  1961 · United States
• 1961 Jabalpur riots
  Feb 9, 1961 · India
• Air France Flight 2005
  Sep 12, 1961 · Morocco
• 1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incident
  Sep 14, 1961 · Germany
• United Air Lines Flight 859
  Jul 11, 1961 · United States
• Kungälv school shooting
  Mar 4, 1961 · Sweden
• Aeronaves de México Flight 401
  Jan 19, 1961 · United States
• Rebellion of the Pilots
  Nov 19, 1961 · Dominican Republic
• Collision between a car and a submarine
  Aug 19, 1961 · Sweden
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706
  Sep 17, 1961 · United States
• 1961 NCAA University Division men's basketball gambling scandal
  1961 · United States
• ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)
  Mar 28, 1961 · Germany
• Strike in Baixa do Cassange
  Jan 4, 1961–Mar 6, 1961 · Angola
• Gayno Smith
  Oct 1, 1961–May 27, 1962 · —
• Ansett-ANA Flight 325
  Nov 30, 1961 · Australia
• Massacre at the 11th Parallel
  1960s · Saint Helena
• Havířov mining disaster
  Jul 7, 1961 · Czechia
• 1961 Elbarusovo school fire
  Nov 5, 1961 · Russian Federation
• Alaska Airlines Flight 779
  Jul 21, 1961 · Russian Federation
• Turkish Airlines Flight 835
  Sep 23, 1961 · Türkiye
• Charles Brown and Charles Kelley
  Jan 1, 1961 · United States
• 1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash
  Sep 10, 1961 · Ireland
• Battle of Djebel Bouk'hil (1961)
  Sep 17, 1961–Sep 18, 1961 · Algeria
• Aeroflot Flight 068
  Mar 16, 1961 · Russian Federation
• Michel Sydor
  Jan 1, 1961–Jan 1, 1993 · —
• 1961 revolt in Somalia
  Dec 1961 · Somalia
• Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8
  Nov 8, 1961 · United States
• Night of the Three Ps
  Oct 11, 1961 · Cuba
• Twente riots of 1961
  1961 · Netherlands
• Aeronaves de México Flight 401
  Jan 19, 1961 · United States
• Bangkok Plot
  1960s · Cambodia
• Avion Pirata
  Jul 30, 1961 · Bolivia
• Aiguille du Midi disaster
  Aug 29, 1961 · France
• Greeley bus disaster
  Dec 14, 1961 · United States
• KLM Flight 823
  Jun 12, 1961 · Egypt
• 1961 Nagaoka earthquake
  Feb 2, 1961 · Japan
• University of Georgia desegregation riot
  Jan 11, 1961 · —