Historical Events In 1961

Dec 08   On this day in history antwerp Belgium diocese forms   

Dec 08   In the year 1961 surfin’, The Beach Boys first record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles   

Dec 08   William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1961.   

Dec 09   In the year 1961 "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs   

Dec 09   SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on this day in history.   

Dec 09   Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania on this day in history.   

Dec 11   In the year 1961 "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

Dec 11   Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on this day in history.   

Dec 11   Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks in the year 1961.   

Dec 11   In the year 1961 jFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam   

Dec 12   Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 in the year 1961.   

Dec 12   Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA   

Dec 13   On this day in history beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein   

Dec 13   On this day in history grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

Dec 14   On this day in history jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record   

Dec 15   Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel in the year 1961.   

Dec 15   On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

Dec 16   In the year 1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs   

Dec 16   In the year 1961 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61   

Dec 17   Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil in the year 1961.   

Dec 17   In the year 1961 india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies   

Dec 17   Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles in the year 1961.   

Dec 18   India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu on this day in history.   

Dec 19   On this day in history british govt begins decimal coin system   

Dec 20   Moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 in the year 1961.   

Dec 21   Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" on this day in history.   

Dec 22   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1961.   

Dec 23   On this day in history kICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting   

Dec 24   Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1961 houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

Dec 25   Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies in the year 1961.   

Dec 26   Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies in the year 1961.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   On this day in history clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81