What happend in May 1961

Events
DateEvent
May 01 1961 Castro Proclaims Cuba Socialist, Abolishes Elections
May 04 1961 Civil Rights 'Freedom Riders' Begin Bus Trip
May 04 1961 New Altitude Record For Balloon Flight
May 05 1961 The First American To Travel Into Outer Space
May 09 1961 Minow Gives His Wasteland Speech
May 14 1961 Freedom Riders Bus Is Bombed In Alabama
May 16 1961 Chung-hee Suprises In Korean Overthrow
May 19 1961 First Man-made Object Passes By Venus
May 19 1961 Assam: Bengalis Killed - Police Shoot: Language
May 21 1961 Martial Law Declared By Alabama Governor
May 22 1961 An Earthquake Rocks New South Wales
May 24 1961 Cyprus Joins The Council Of Europe
May 24 1961 Freedom Riders Arrested After Leaving Bus
May 25 1961 JFK Creates Apollo Program Project
May 25 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Biggest Fire In Singapore
May 28 1961 Amnesty International Created By Peter Benenson
May 30 1961 Dictator Rafael Trujillo Assassinated In Dominican Republic
May 31 1961 South African Becomes Republic Of South Africa
May 31 1961 Rokotov-Faibishenko Trial Begins In Moscow




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