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