Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   On this day in history kuwait regains complete independence from Britain  

Jun 19   United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait on this day in history.  

Jun 19   US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God on this day in history.  

Jun 22   Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child &My Bonnie, in Hamburg in the year 1961.  

Jun 22   On this day in history betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies  

Jun 23   On this day in history antarctic Treaty goes into effect  

Jun 23   On this day in history franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70  

Jun 23   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m on this day in history.  

Jun 24   In the year 1961 beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"  

Jun 25   Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) in the year 1961.  

Jun 26   On this day in history kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58  

Jun 27   Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 in the year 1961.  

Jun 28   Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) on this day in history.  

Jun 30   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1961 lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87  

Jul 01   On this day in history haleakala National Park established in Hawaii  

Jul 02   In the year 1961 ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho  

Jul 02   In the year 1961 ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61  

Jul 04   In the year 1961 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83  

Jul 06   On this day in history cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93  

Jul 08   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die  

Jul 09   Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Jul 11   30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF on this day in history.  

Jul 13   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86  

Jul 14   Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on this day in history.  

Jul 16   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open in the year 1961.  

Jul 16   On this day in history [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88  

Jul 17   John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.  

Jul 17   On this day in history ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75  

Jul 17   On this day in history ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74  

Jul 18   Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games in the year 1961.  

Jul 18   In the year 1961 kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67  

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician  

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.  

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   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

Jan 06   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1961 death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)  

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.