Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

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

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

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

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   In the year 1961 betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies   

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

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   Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" in the year 1961.   

Jun 25   In the year 1961 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   In the year 1961 launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)   

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   In the year 1961 haleakala National Park established in Hawaii   

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

Jul 06   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 in the year 1961.   

Jul 08   In the year 1961 julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52   

Jul 11   In the year 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF   

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

Jul 14   In the year 1961 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   John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show in the year 1961.   

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

Jul 17   Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 in the year 1961.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

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   On this day in history bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.   

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   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