Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain on this day in history.   

Jun 19   United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait in the year 1961.   

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

Jun 22   Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies in the year 1961.   

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

Jun 23   In the year 1961 franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70   

Jun 23   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m in the year 1961.   

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

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

Jun 26   In the year 1961 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   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   In the year 1961 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

Jun 30   Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 09   In the year 1961 alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52   

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

Jul 13   Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 16   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Jul 18   In the year 1961 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   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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