May 19th, 1961
Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). event on May 19, 1961. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around May 19, 1961
| May 21st, 1961 | Event | American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. |
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