Historical Events In 1961
Thursday, 26 May 2022
May 02 J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies in the year 1961.
May 03 On this day in history maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
May 04 On this day in history 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
May 04 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 in the year 1961.
May 04 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon in the year 1961.
May 04 In the year 1961 south-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
May 05 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7) in the year 1961.
May 05 On this day in history alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 on this day in history.
May 08 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington in the year 1961.
May 08 In the year 1961 james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
May 08 The first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX on this day in history.
May 10 On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
May 12 On this day in history botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
May 13 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 on this day in history.
May 14 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama in the year 1961.
May 15 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1961.
May 16 In the year 1961 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 16 On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 17 In the year 1961 castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
May 17 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on this day in history.
May 18 In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
May 19 On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen
May 20 On this day in history mauritania adopts constitution
May 20 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL on this day in history.
May 21 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on this day in history.
May 22 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 on this day in history.
May 22 In the year 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
May 22 On this day in history joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
May 22 In the year 1961 the first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
May 23 Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 on this day in history.
May 24 On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS
May 24 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.
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