Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   In the year 1961 kuwait regains complete independence from Britain  

Jun 19   In the year 1961 united Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait  

Jun 19   In the year 1961 uS Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God  

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   Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 23   Antarctic Treaty goes into effect in the year 1961.  

Jun 23   Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 in the year 1961.  

Jun 23   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m  

Jun 24   Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on this day in history.  

Jun 25   On this day in history iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)  

Jun 26   Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 in the year 1961.  

Jun 27   On this day in history paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58  

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

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

Jun 30   On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit  

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

Jul 01   Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii in the year 1961.  

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

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 in the year 1961.  

Jul 04   On this day in history franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83  

Jul 06   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF  

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   [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 in the year 1961.  

Jul 17   In the year 1961 john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show  

Jul 17   Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   On this day in history 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  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 birth of todd Haynes, American film director  

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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.  

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   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.  

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

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 in the year 1961.  

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

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