1961

News in Review

Top Headlines For 1961:

--U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.  (Jan. 3)

--U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs fails.  (April 17)

--Berlin Wall erected.  (Aug. 13)

--U.S.S.R. detonates Hydrogen Bomb to create the largest man-made explosion in history.  (Oct. 29)

--Over 2,000 U.S. Advisors are now present in South Vietnam.  (1961)

--OPEC formed.

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