Historical Events In 1961

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

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

Jun 23   Antarctic Treaty goes into effect on this day in history.  

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

Jun 23   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 30   On this day in history lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87  

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

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1961.  

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

Jul 16   In the year 1961 kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open  

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

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

Jul 17   In the year 1961 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   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   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician  

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician  

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 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   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 in the year 1961.