Expand the Union
Time: 1961
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: Following his re-election as president in 1961, Hoffa worked to expand the union.
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1961 - U.S.
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1961 - New York, U.S.
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1961 - Alcatraz, San Francisco, USA
Nicaraguan Revolution-Forming The FSLN
1961 - Managua, Nicaragua
Warren Buffett-The Sanborn Map Company
1961 - U.S.
Algerian War-The first referendum on the self-determination of Algeria
Sunday Jan 8, 1961 - France and Algeria
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-Final televised Address
Tuesday Jan 17, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Friday Jan 20, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Friday Jan 20, 1961 - White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
Atomic Bomb-The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
Tuesday Jan 24, 1961 - Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Nancy attended John F. Kennedy's inaugural address when he was sworn in as U.S. president
Jan, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Operation Pluto
Saturday Jan 28, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Anna May Wong-Death
Friday Feb 3, 1961 - Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Cuban Missile Crisis-The Soviets owned four intercontinental ballistic missiles only
1961 - Russia
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Saturday Feb 18, 1961 - New York, U.S.
Mikhail Gorbachev-First Secretary of the regional Komsomol
Mar, 1961 - Russia
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Revolutionary Council (CRC)
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Algerian War-The talks that began in March 1961 broke down
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Monday Mar 27, 1961 - United Kingdom
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Wednesday Mar 29, 1961 - South Africa
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Bomb attack on militia barracks
Monday Apr 3, 1961 - Bayamo, Cuba
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Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Tuesday Apr 4, 1961 - U.S.
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Sunday Apr 9, 1961 - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
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Thursday Apr 13, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
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Friday Apr 14, 1961 - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
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Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Baracoa, Cuba
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Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Deception flight
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban national police Reaction
Saturday Apr 15, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
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Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 06:00:00 AM - San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba - Ciudad Libertad Airport, Havana, Cuba - Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU), Avenida al Aeropuerto Internacional Antonio Maceo Grajales, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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Saturday Apr 15, 1961 at 10:30:00 AM - New York City, U.S.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Brigade 2506 invasion fleet converged on 'Rendezvous Point Zulu'
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Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 06:50:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking The Cuban Navy Patrol Escort ship El Baire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:00:00 AM - Nueva Gerona, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Operation Falcon
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 07:30:00 AM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-FAR Sea Fury crashed
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:30:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
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Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:00:00 AM - Australia, Cuba - Covadonga, Cuba - Yaguaramas, Cuba
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Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
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Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Two remaining freighters started retreating south to international waters
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Slaughter of the Lost Battalion
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 02:30:00 PM - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Castro had arrived at the Central Australia sugar mill
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 04:00:00 PM - Australia, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army open Fire
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 08:00:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Night air strike by three FAL B-26s Fail
Sunday Apr 16, 1961 at 09:00:00 PM - San San Antonio de Los Baños airfield, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The mock diversionary Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs
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Monday Apr 17, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Che Guevara-Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Entering the Bay of Pigs
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 12:00:00 AM - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Capturing Osvaldo Ramírez
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Aromas de Velázquez, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Principal Landing
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Retreating
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 05:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking CEF ships
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Landing at Blue Beach
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 07:30:00 AM - Playa Giron, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban government began an offensive to take San Blas
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 11:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Nikita Khrushchev's Telegram To President Kennedy
Monday Apr 17, 1961 at 02:00:00 PM - Washington D.C., U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Airdrops From four C-54s and 2 C-46s had Failled
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Arriving at Girón
Monday Apr 17, 1961 - Girón, San Román, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Cuban Army infantrymen and militiamen started an offensive
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 01:00:00 AM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Tank battle
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:00:00 AM - San Blas, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Attacking a Cuban column of 12 private buses
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 05:00:00 PM - Punta Perdiz, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Delivering arms and equipment to the Girón airstrip
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Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 10:30:00 PM - Playa Larga, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The 3rd Battalion surprise attack
Tuesday Apr 18, 1961 at 11:00:00 PM - San Blas, Cuba
John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs Negotiations
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Final air attack mission
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Evacuating retreating Brigade Soldiers From Beaches
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Executed Prisoners
Wednesday Apr 19, 1961 - Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Humberto Sorí Marin execution
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - Fortaleza de la Cabaña, Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Castro forced the Brigade to Surrender
Thursday Apr 20, 1961 - The Bay of Pigs, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Searching For Scattered Brigade Survivors
Saturday Apr 22, 1961 - Cuba
Hachikō-Yaeko Sakano
Sunday Apr 30, 1961 - Japan
Algerian War-Talks with the FLN reopened at Évian
May, 1961 - Évian, France
Ruby Bridges-The Bridges family suffered for their decision to send her to William Frantz Elementary
1961 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
John F. Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting
Sunday Jun 4, 1961 - Vienna, Austria
Berlin Wall-First time the colloquial term Mauer (wall) had been used in this context
Thursday Jun 15, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret's husband has created Earl of Snowdon
1961 - England, United Kingdom
Algerian War-Fighting was "virtually finished"
Thursday Jun 29, 1961 - France
Princess Diana-Birth
Saturday Jul 1, 1961 - Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Raúl Castro-A Member of the National Leadership of the Integrated Revolutionary PO Organizations
Saturday Jul 1, 1961 - Havana, Cuba
Berlin Wall-Suggestion
Tuesday Aug 1, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Joe Biden-Archmere Academy graduation
1961 - Claymont, U.S.
Barack Obama-Birth
Friday Aug 4, 1961 - Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Berlin Wall-Advance Warning Information
Wednesday Aug 9, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
Berlin Wall-The Order has signed
Saturday Aug 12, 1961 - East Germany, Germany
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