1961 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in April 1961: With the approval...
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1961 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1961. 1961 (MCMLXI) was...
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romance-drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani. The film was produced in 1961 in Iosseliani's early period while still in his native Georgia. The film...
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historical anniversaries Sinking of the RMS Titanic "April" in Chambers's Encyclopædia. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 1, p. 497. Jacob Grimm Geschichte der...
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (redirect from April 17, 1961)
17 April 1961. Two days earlier, eight CIA-supplied B-26 bombers had attacked Cuban airfields and then returned to the U.S. On the night of 17 April, the...
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their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 through Melodifestivalen 1961. The song "April, april", performed once with Siw Malmkvist, once with...
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Operation Mongoose (category 1961 in Cuba)
November 30, 1961 by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The name "Operation Mongoose" was agreed to at a White House meeting on November 4, 1961. The operation...
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commander-in-chief in French Algeria), it took place from the afternoon of 21 to 26 April 1961 in the midst of the Algerian War (1954–1962). The organisers of the putsch...
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The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with West Side Story winning 10 Academy Awards. The top ten 1961 released films by box office...
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Yuri Gagarin (category 1961 in spaceflight)
space. Travelling on Vostok 1, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961, with his flight taking 108 minutes. By achieving this major milestone...
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