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| Date | Title | Country | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan(day unknown) | assassination of Patrice LumumbaDetailsPlace: Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Place: Lubumbashi |
| Jan(day unknown) | 1960–61 Four Hills TournamentSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| Jan(day unknown) | 1961 Iranian legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Iran | |
| 1/1 | Vienna New Year's Concert 1961Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 1/3 | Aero Flight 311Source：Wikidata | Finland | |
| 1/7 | 1961 New Zealand Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | New Zealand | |
| 1/8 | French referendum on Algerian self-determinationSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 1/12 | Cambodian school holiday referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Cambodia | |
| 1/15 | 1961 Guinean presidential electionSource：Wikidata | Guinea | |
| 1/16 | Consistory - 1961Source：Wikidata | Vatican City | |
| 1/17 | January 1961 Zanzibari general electionSource：Wikidata | Tanzania | |
| 1/17 | 1961 NBA All-Star GameDetailsPlace: Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Canada | Place: Oncenter War Memorial Arena |
| 1/17 | Cassius Clay vs. Tony EspertiDetailsPlace: Fillmore Miami Beach | United States | Place: Fillmore Miami Beach |
| 1/17 | 1961 Dominican general electionSource：Wikidata | Dominica | |
| 1/19 | Aeronaves de México Flight 401Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 1/20 | inauguration of John F. KennedyDetailsPlace: United States Capitol | United States | Place: United States Capitol |
| 1/24 | 1961 Goldsboro B-52 CrashDetailsPlace: Wayne County | United States | Place: Wayne County |
| 1/24 | 1961 Western Australian bushfiresSource：Wikidata | Australia | |
| 1/24 | Garuda Indonesia Flight 424Source：Wikidata | Indonesia | |
| 1/25 | 1961 Salvadoran coup d'étatSource：Wikidata | El Salvador | |
| 1/28 | American Airlines Flight 1502DetailsPlace: Atlantic Ocean | United States | Place: Atlantic Ocean |
| 1/28 | Coup of GitaramaSource：Wikidata | Kingdom of Rwanda | |
| 1/30 | John F. Kennedy's First State of the Union AddressSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 1/30 | Dwight D. Eisenhower's Ninth State of the Union AddressSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 1/31 | Mercury-Redstone 2DetailsCrew: Ham · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): January 31, 1961 | United States | Crew: Ham · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): January 31, 1961 |
| Feb(day unknown) | 1961 Kenyan general electionSource：Wikidata | Kenya | |
| 2/2 | 1961 Nagaoka earthquakeJapanOriginal title: 長岡地震Source：Wikidata | Japan | |
| 2/4 | Tyazhely SputnikSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 2/5 | Kachin conflictDetailsPlace: Kachin State | Myanmar | Place: Kachin State |
| 2/11 | British Cameroons referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | British Cameroons | |
| 2/12 | Venera 1DetailsOperator: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia | Soviet Union | Operator: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia |
| 2/12 | 1961 Gabonese general electionSource：Wikidata | Gabon | |
| 2/12 | 1961 Ptuj CarnivalDetailsPlace: Ptuj | Unknown | Place: Ptuj |
| 2/15 | Sabena Flight 548DetailsPlace: Brussels | Belgium | Place: Brussels |
| 2/15 | solar eclipse of February 15, 1961Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 2/18 | Melodi Grand Prix 1961Source：Wikidata | Norway | |
| 2/25 | Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961Source：Wikidata | Germany | |
| 2/26 | 1961 Daytona 500DetailsPlace: Daytona International Speedway | United States | Place: Daytona International Speedway |
| 3/2 | March 1961 lunar eclipseSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 3/4 | Kungälv school shootingDetailsPlace: Kungälv | Unknown | Place: Kungälv |
| 3/4 | 1961 Omloop Het VolkSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 3/5 | 1961 Romanian legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Romania | |
| 3/5 | 1961 Chilean parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | Chile | |
| 3/8 | 1961 Hong Kong municipal electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 3/8 | 1961 South West African legislative electionSource：Wikidata | South-West Africa | |
| 3/9 | Korabl-Sputnik 4DetailsOperator: Soviet space program | Soviet Union | Operator: Soviet space program |
| 3/11 | 1961 Harelbeke-Antwerpen-HarelbekeSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 3/14 | 1961 Yuba City B-52 crashDetailsPlace: Yuba City | United States | Place: Yuba City |
| 3/16 | 18th Golden Globe AwardsDetailsPlace: Los Angeles | United States | Place: Los Angeles |
| 3/16 | Aeroflot Flight 68DetailsPlace: Nizhneisetsky Pond | Russia | Place: Nizhneisetsky Pond |
| 3/18 | Eurovision Song Contest 1961DetailsPlace: Palais des Festivals et des Congrès | France | Place: Palais des Festivals et des Congrès |
| 3/23 | 1961 Ugandan general electionSource：Wikidata | Uganda | |
| 3/25 | Korabl-Sputnik 5DetailsOperator: Soviet space program, Academy of Sciences of the USSR | Soviet Union, Russia | Operator: Soviet space program, Academy of Sciences of the USSR |
| 3/26 | 1961 Belgian general electionSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 3/26 | 1961 British Honduras general electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 3/26 | 1961 Republic of the Congo presidential electionSource：Wikidata | Republic of the Congo | |
| 3/26 | 1961 Lombank TrophyDetailsPlace: Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | Unknown | Place: Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit |
| 3/27 | 1961 NBA DraftSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 3/27 | 1961 Grenadian general electionSource：Wikidata | Grenada | |
| 3/28 | ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)DetailsPlace: Nuremberg | Germany | Place: Nuremberg |
| 3/28 | 名張毒ぶどう酒事件JapanSource：Wikidata | Japan | |
| 3/30 | Single Convention on Narcotic DrugsDetailsPlace: New York City | United States | Place: New York City |
| 4/1 | 1961 Greenville 200DetailsPlace: Greenville-Pickens Speedway | United States | Place: Greenville-Pickens Speedway |
| 4/3 | Green Cross TragedySource：Wikidata | Chile | |
| 4/3 | 1961 Glover TrophySource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/3 | 1961 Pau Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 4/4 | 1961 Grand Prix de DenainSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 4/4 | 1961 Paris–CamembertSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 4/6 | 1961 Brabantse PijlSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 4/9 | 1961 South Vietnamese presidential electionSource：Wikidata | South Vietnam | |
| 4/9 | 1961 Togolese general electionSource：Wikidata | Togo | |
| 4/9 | Togolese constitutional referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Togo | |
| 4/9 | 1961 Brussels Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/11 | Battle of KabaloSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/12 | Vostok 1DetailsCrew: Yuri Gagarin · Operator: Soviet space program · Landing (UTC): April 12, 1961 | Soviet Union | Crew: Yuri Gagarin · Operator: Soviet space program · Landing (UTC): April 12, 1961 |
| 4/13 | El Encanto fireDetailsPlace: Havana | Cuba | Place: Havana |
| 4/14 | 1961 Saint Lucian general electionSource：Wikidata | Saint Lucia | |
| 4/16 | 1961 Polish legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Poland | |
| 4/16 | 1961 Gent–WevelgemSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 4/16 | 1961 Vienna Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/17 | 33rd Academy AwardsDetailsPlace: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium | United States | Place: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium |
| 4/18 | Vienna Convention on Diplomatic RelationsDetailsPlace: Vienna | Austria | Place: Vienna |
| 4/19 | 1961 Boston MarathonDetailsPlace: Boston | United States | Place: Boston |
| 4/20 | Bay of Pigs invasionDetailsPlace: Bay of Pigs | Cuba | Place: Bay of Pigs |
| 4/20 | 1961 Vincentian general electionSource：Wikidata | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| 4/21 | Algiers putsch of 1961DetailsPlace: French Algeria | France | Place: French Algeria |
| 4/22 | 1961 Aintree 200Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/23 | Operation Stockholm 1961Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/24 | Heroes of the ResistanceSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 4/25 | Gerboise verteSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/25 | 1961 Syracuse Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 4/30 | 1961 Haitian presidential referendumSource：Wikidata | Haiti | |
| 4/30 | 1961 Targa FlorioSource：Wikidata | Italy | |
| 4/30 | 1961 Haitian parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | Haiti | |
| May(day unknown) | Manifesto de CaxiasDetailsPlace: D. Luís I. Fort | Unknown | Place: D. Luís I. Fort |
| May(day unknown) | 1961 Copa del Generalísimo de BaloncestoDetailsPlace: Bilbao | Spain | Place: Bilbao |
| 5/5 | Mercury-Redstone 3DetailsCrew: Alan Shepard · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): May 5, 1961 | United States | Crew: Alan Shepard · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): May 5, 1961 |
| 5/6 | 1961 BRDC International TrophySource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 5/6 | 1961 Rebel 300DetailsPlace: Darlington Raceway | United States | Place: Darlington Raceway |
| 5/10 | Air France Flight 406DetailsPlace: Sahara | France | Place: Sahara |
| 5/10 | 1961 South African presidential electionSource：Wikidata | South Africa | |
| 5/14 | Anniston bus bombingSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 5/14 | 1961 Naples Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 5/16 | May 16 coupDetailsPlace: South Korea | Second Republic of South Korea | Place: South Korea |
| 5/16 | 1961 La Flèche WallonneSource：Wikidata | Belgium | |
| 5/22 | 1961 London TrophyDetailsPlace: Crystal Palace circuit | Unknown | Place: Crystal Palace circuit |
| 5/22 | 1961 New South Wales earthquakeSource：Wikidata | Australia | |
| 5/25 | Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National NeedsDetailsPlace: United States Capitol | United States | Place: United States Capitol |
| 5/25 | Bukit Ho Swee FireDetailsPlace: Bukit Ho Swee | Singapore | Place: Bukit Ho Swee |
| 5/29 | Shirogane FireJapanOriginal title: 白銀大火Source：Wikidata | Japan | |
| 5/30 | Viasa Flight 897DetailsPlace: Atlantic Ocean | Portugal | Place: Atlantic Ocean |
| 6/1 | June 1961 Zanzibari general electionSource：Wikidata | Tanzania | |
| 6/3 | 1961 Silver City TrophyDetailsPlace: Brands Hatch | Unknown | Place: Brands Hatch |
| 6/4 | 1961 French cantonal electionsSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 6/8 | 1961 Norwegian parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | Norway | |
| 6/8 | wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine WorsleyDetailsPlace: York Minster | United Kingdom | Place: York Minster |
| 6/11 | 1961 Coppa Italia FinalDetailsPlace: Stadio Artemio Franchi | Italy | Place: Stadio Artemio Franchi |
| 6/12 | KLM Flight 823Source：Wikidata | Egypt | |
| 6/18 | 1961 Vitry-Le-François train bombingDetailsPlace: Blacy | France | Place: Blacy |
| 6/18 | 1961 Sardinian regional electionSource：Wikidata | Italy | |
| 6/20 | Somali constitutional referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Somalia | |
| 6/26 | El BarcelonazoDetailsPlace: バルセロナ | Venezuela | Place: バルセロナ |
| 7/1 | Operation VantageSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 7/2 | 1961 Mexican legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Mexico | |
| 7/7 | Dukla mine disasterDetailsPlace: Dukla Coal Mine | Czechoslovakia | Place: Dukla Coal Mine |
| 7/8 | Aeroflot Flight 411DetailsPlace: Nizhneserginsky District | Unknown | Place: Nizhneserginsky District |
| 7/9 | Turkish constitutional referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Turkey | |
| 7/9 | 1961 Taça de Portugal FinalDetailsPlace: Estádio das Antas | Portugal | Place: Estádio das Antas |
| 7/11 | Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between China and North KoreaSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 7/11 | United Airlines Flight 859Source：Wikidata | United States | |
| 7/11 | 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star GameSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 7/12 | ČSA Flight 511DetailsPlace: Casablanca | Unknown | Place: Casablanca |
| 7/15 | Miss Universe 1961DetailsPlace: Miami Beach | Unknown | Place: Miami Beach |
| 7/16 | Singleton Bank rail crashDetailsPlace: Weeton-with-Preese | United Kingdom | Place: Weeton-with-Preese |
| 7/19 | Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644DetailsPlace: Buenos Aires Province | Argentina | Place: Buenos Aires Province |
| 7/21 | Mercury-Redstone 4DetailsCrew: Gus Grissom · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): July 21, 1961 | United States | Crew: Gus Grissom · Operator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Landing (UTC): July 21, 1961 |
| 7/21 | Alaska Airlines Flight 779DetailsPlace: Aleutian Islands | United States | Place: Aleutian Islands |
| 7/23 | 1961 Solitude Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 7/26 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland constitutional referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | |
| 7/30 | 6th David di Donatello AwardsDetailsPlace: Taormina | Italy | Place: Taormina |
| 7/30 | Avion PirataDetailsPlace: Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Bolivia | Place: Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| 7/31 | 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star GameSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 8/6 | Vostok 2DetailsCrew: Gherman Titov · Operator: Soviet space program · Landing (UTC): August 7, 1961 | Soviet Union, Russia | Crew: Gherman Titov · Operator: Soviet space program · Landing (UTC): August 7, 1961 |
| 8/6 | 1961 Malév Hungarian Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain crashDetailsPlace: Budapest district XIV | Hungary | Place: Budapest district XIV |
| 8/9 | 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crashSource：Wikidata | Norway | |
| 8/11 | solar eclipse of August 11, 1961Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 8/15 | 1961 Israeli legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Israel | |
| 8/19 | Collision between a car and a submarineDetailsPlace: Södra hamnen | Sweden | Place: Södra hamnen |
| 8/19 | 1961 Kita Mino earthquakeJapanOriginal title: 北美濃地震Source：Wikidata | Japan | |
| 8/20 | 1961 Mauritanian presidential electionSource：Wikidata | Mauritania | |
| 8/20 | 1961 KanonloppetSource：Wikidata | Sweden | |
| 8/21 | 1961 British Guiana general electionSource：Wikidata | British Guiana | |
| 8/22 | 1961 Trophée des ChampionsDetailsPlace: Stade Vélodrome | France | Place: Stade Vélodrome |
| 8/23 | Ranger 1DetailsOperator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States | Operator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 8/26 | August 1961 lunar eclipseSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 8/27 | 1961 Danish Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Denmark | |
| 8/28 | Operation Rum PunchDetailsPlace: Lubumbashi | Unknown | Place: Lubumbashi |
| 8/30 | Convention on the Reduction of StatelessnessDetailsPlace: New York City | United States | Place: New York City |
| 8/31 | Disappearance of Ann Marie BurrSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| Sep(day unknown) | 1961 European Ladies' Team ChampionshipSource：Wikidata | Italy | |
| 9/1 | TWA Flight 529DetailsPlace: Midway International Airport | United States | Place: Midway International Airport |
| 9/1 | Battle of AdalDetailsPlace: Gash-Barka Region | Unknown | Place: Gash-Barka Region |
| 9/3 | 1961 Modena Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Italy | |
| 9/3 | Miss Italy 1961Source：Wikidata | Italy | |
| 9/3 | 1961 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road raceSource：Wikidata | Switzerland | |
| 9/6 | Operation GrozaDetailsPlace: Kapustin Yar | Soviet Union | Place: Kapustin Yar |
| 9/8 | 1961 Burundian legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Burundi | |
| 9/8 | 1961 Buddy Shuman 250DetailsPlace: Hickory Motor Speedway | United States | Place: Hickory Motor Speedway |
| 9/10 | 1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashDetailsPlace: River Shannon | Ireland | Place: River Shannon |
| 9/12 | Air France Flight 2005Source：Wikidata | Morocco | |
| 9/13 | 1961 DFB-Pokal FinalDetailsPlace: Glückauf-Kampfbahn | Germany | Place: Glückauf-Kampfbahn |
| 9/14 | 1961 F-84 Thunderstreak incidentSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 9/14 | Battle of OmalDetailsPlace: Gash-Barka Region | Unknown | Place: Gash-Barka Region |
| 9/17 | 1961 West German federal electionSource：Wikidata | Germany | |
| 9/17 | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706DetailsPlace: Illinois | United States | Place: Illinois |
| 9/17 | 1961 Dixie 400DetailsPlace: Atlanta Motor Speedway | United States | Place: Atlanta Motor Speedway |
| 9/17 | 1961 FlugplatzrennenSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 9/18 | 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crashDetailsPlace: Ndola | Northern Rhodesia | Place: Ndola |
| 9/19 | Jamaican Federation of the West Indies membership referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | West Indies Federation | |
| 9/23 | Turkish Airlines flight 835Source：Wikidata | Turkey | |
| 9/23 | 1961 International Gold CupSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 9/25 | Rwandan monarchy referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Rwanda | |
| 9/25 | 1961 Rwandan parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | Rwanda | |
| 9/28 | 1961 Syrian coup d'étatDetailsPlace: Syria | United Arab Republic | Place: Syria |
| 9/30 | 1961 Canadian Grand PrixDetailsPlace: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park | Canada | Place: Canadian Tire Motorsport Park |
| Oct(day unknown) | Hurricane HattieSource：Wikidata | Honduras | |
| 10/1 | 1961 Lewis-Evans TrophySource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 10/1 | 1961 Wilkes 200DetailsPlace: North Wilkesboro Speedway | United States | Place: North Wilkesboro Speedway |
| 10/3 | Cuxhaven TreatySource：Wikidata | Germany | |
| 10/4 | 1961 Irish general electionSource：Wikidata | Ireland | |
| 10/5 | Apostille ConventionSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 10/6 | Operation GrimDetailsPlace: Kapustin Yar | Soviet Union | Place: Kapustin Yar |
| 10/7 | 1961 Derby Aviation crashSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 10/8 | 1961 Paris-ToursSource：Wikidata | France | |
| 10/9 | 1961 Australian Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Australia | |
| 10/10 | 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draftSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 10/11 | Night of the Three PsDetailsPlace: Havana | Cuba | Place: Havana |
| 10/12 | 1961 Coppa ItaliaDetailsPlace: ACI Vallelunga Circuit | Unknown | Place: ACI Vallelunga Circuit |
| 10/15 | 1961 Turkish general electionSource：Wikidata | Turkey | |
| 10/15 | 1961 Argentine motorcycle Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Argentina | |
| 10/15 | 1961 National 400DetailsPlace: Charlotte Motor Speedway | United States | Place: Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| 10/17 | 1961 Paris massacreDetailsPlace: Paris | France | Place: Paris |
| 10/18 | European Social CharterDetailsPlace: Turin | Italy | Place: Turin |
| 10/18 | 1961 South African general electionSource：Wikidata | South Africa | |
| 10/19 | 1961 Jordanian general electionSource：Wikidata | Jordan | |
| 10/20 | RadugaDetailsPlace: Novaya Zemlya | Unknown | Place: Novaya Zemlya |
| 10/22 | 1961 Upper Austrian state electionSource：Wikidata | Austria | |
| 10/26 | Turkish presidential election, 1961Source：Wikidata | Turkey | |
| 10/27 | Incident at Checkpoint Charlie in October 1961Source：Wikidata | East Germany | |
| 10/29 | 1961 Greek legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Greece | |
| 10/30 | Tsar BombaSource：Wikidata | Soviet Union | |
| 10/30 | Recruitment Agreement between Germany and TurkeySource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 10/31 | 1961 Indonesian censusDetailsPlace: Indonesia | Indonesia | Place: Indonesia |
| 11/2 | 1961 Labour Party leadership electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 11/3 | 1961 United Nations Secretary-General selectionSource：Wikidata | United Nations | |
| 11/5 | 1961 Elbarusovo school fireSource：Wikidata | Russia | |
| 11/7 | AgatheDetailsPlace: Hoggar Mountains | France | Place: Hoggar Mountains |
| 11/8 | Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8DetailsPlace: Richmond | United States | Place: Richmond |
| 11/12 | Kindu atrocityDetailsPlace: Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Place: Kinshasa |
| 11/12 | 1961 Portuguese legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Portugal | |
| 11/12 | 1961 Hamburg state electionSource：Wikidata | Germany | |
| 11/14 | 1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 crashSource：Wikidata | United States | |
| 11/14 | 1961 Philippine general electionSource：Wikidata | Philippines | |
| 11/14 | 1961 Philippine presidential electionSource：Wikidata | Philippines | |
| 11/16 | 1961 Eastern Region legislative electionSource：Wikidata | Nigeria | |
| 11/16 | 1961 Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla general electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 11/18 | Ranger 2DetailsOperator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory | United States | Operator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| 11/19 | Rebellion of the PilotsDetailsPlace: Santo Domingo | Third Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic | Place: Santo Domingo |
| 11/23 | Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322DetailsPlace: Viracopos International Airport | Brazil | Place: Viracopos International Airport |
| 11/30 | Ansett-ANA Flight 325Source：Wikidata | Australia | |
| Dec(day unknown) | 1961 revolt in SomaliaSource：Wikidata | Somalia | |
| Dec(day unknown) | 1961–62 Four Hills TournamentSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 12/1 | Syrian constitutional referendum, 1961Source：Wikidata | Syria | |
| 12/3 | 1961 Guatemalan parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | Guatemala | |
| 12/4 | 1961 Barbadian general electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 12/4 | 1961 Trinidad and Tobago general electionSource：Wikidata | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 12/6 | ATA CarnetSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 12/9 | 1961 Australian federal electionSource：Wikidata | Australia | |
| 12/9 | 1961 Rand Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 12/9 | Aviation BowlDetailsPlace: Welcome Stadium | United States | Place: Welcome Stadium |
| 12/10 | Project GnomeDetailsPlace: Carlsbad | United States | Place: Carlsbad |
| 12/12 | Sanmu IncidentJapanOriginal title: 三無事件Source：Wikidata | Japan | |
| 12/17 | Aeroflot Flight 245DetailsPlace: Millerovo | Unknown | Place: Millerovo |
| 12/17 | Niterói circus fireDetailsPlace: Niterói | Brazil | Place: Niterói |
| 12/17 | 1961 Natal Grand PrixSource：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 12/17 | 1961 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly electionSource：Wikidata | El Salvador | |
| 12/18 | 1961 Scottish League Cup FinalDetailsPlace: Hampden Park | Unknown | Place: Hampden Park |
| 12/19 | Annexation of GoaDetailsPlace: Portuguese India | Unknown | Place: Portuguese India |
| 12/21 | British European Airways Flight 226Source：Wikidata | Unknown | |
| 12/23 | Fiumarella rail disasterDetailsPlace: Fiumarella railway bridge | Italy | Place: Fiumarella railway bridge |
| 12/26 | 1961 South African Grand PrixDetailsPlace: Prince George Circuit | South Africa | Place: Prince George Circuit |
| 12/28 | 3rd Japan Record AwardsJapanOriginal title: 第3回日本レコード大賞DetailsPlace: Kyoritsu Women's University | Japan | Place: Kyoritsu Women's University |
| 12/30 | 1961 Kuwaiti Constitutional Convention electionSource：Wikidata | Kuwait | |
| 12/30 | 1961 West Cameroon parliamentary electionSource：Wikidata | United Kingdom | |
| 12/31 | 1961 Lebanese coup d'état attemptSource：Wikidata | Lebanon |