Historical Events In 1961

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

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

Jun 23   Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Jun 23   In the year 1961 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m  

Jun 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58  

Jun 28   Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie in the year 1961.  

Jun 29   In the year 1961 launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)  

Jun 30   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.  

Jun 30   Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 in the year 1961.  

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

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho in the year 1961.  

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

Jul 04   Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 in the year 1961.  

Jul 06   In the year 1961 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93  

Jul 08   On this day in history julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60  

Jul 08   Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die in the year 1961.  

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 in the year 1961.  

Jul 13   Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86 in the year 1961.  

Jul 14   On this day in history astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500  

Jul 16   On this day in history kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open  

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

Jul 17   On this day in history john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show  

Jul 17   Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 in the year 1961.  

Jul 17   In the year 1961 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   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 in the year 1961.  

Jul 19   On this day in history the first in-flight movie shown (TWA)  

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.  

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

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.  

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   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died in the year 1961.  

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