What Happened in 1961

1961 — year

combined oral contraceptive pill — birth control method that includes a combination of an estrogen (estradiol) and a progestogen (progestin)

1961 Formula One season — sports season

1961 in film — overview of the events of 1961 in film

EuroBasket 1961 — Basketball tournament

1961 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

Tsar Bomba — hydrogen aerial bomb tested in 1961 by the Soviet Union; most powerful nuclear weapon ever created

European Social Charter — 1961 Council of Europe treaty

Paris massacre of 1961 — a crime committed in 1961 by the French National Police against hundreds of French Algerians, which was kept secret for decades

Apostille Convention — 1961 international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law

1961 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

Bay of Pigs invasion — failed landing operation of Cuba in 1961

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations — treaty that lays the framework for most diplomatic relationships

33rd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1961 — 6th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — international treaty on recreational drugs

1961 European Cup Final — association football match

1961 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1961 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

Annexation of Goa — Indian military operation in December 1961 to annex Goa into Indian Republic

1961 West German federal election — election

1961 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1961 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1961 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1961 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961

1961 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1961