The US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating a huge atomic bomb over North Carolina in 1961, according to a newly declassified document published by Britain's Guardian newspaper on Saturday.

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 15, 1961, a commercial flight carrying all 18 members of the U.S. Figure Skating team to the world ...

On Feb. 15, 1961, the 18 members of the 1961 U.S. figure skating world team, and 16 coaches, officials and family members, boarded Sabena Flight 548. The Boeing 707-329 aircraft crashed on approach to ...

On Feb. 15, 1961, 73 people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in a plane crash Belgium.

Wednesday's plane crash that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skating team members recalls memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago.

In February 1961, Sabena Flight 548 was transporting the U.S. team to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Among the people who died in the crash included 16 family ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 29, 1961, Enos the chimp was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, which ...