Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

Jun 23   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32830 m   

Jun 24   Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

Jun 25   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.   

Jun 27   Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58   

Jun 28   Phils and SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie   

Jun 29   Launch of Transit 4a, with inaugural nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)   

Jun 30   Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87.   

Jul 01   Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii.   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61.   

Jul 04   Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83.   

Jul 06   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93.   

Jul 08   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60   

Jul 08   Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die.   

Jul 09   Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52.   

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

Jul 13   Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86   

Jul 14   Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500   

Jul 16   In this year, Kathy Cornelius claims LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open.   

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

Jul 17   John Chancellor is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show.   

Jul 17   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   

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.   

Jul 18   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

Jul 19   The inaugural in-flight movie shown (TWA).   

Jul 21   Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom.   

Jul 22   WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jul 23   Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75   

Jul 23   In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open   

Jul 24   A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba.   

Jul 24   Edwin Newman is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show   

Jul 25   Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a double header   

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Jan 02   Todd haynes: American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)   

Jan 04   Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)   

Jan 05   Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew thomson: Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya pathak: Indian actress   

Jan 07   John thune: American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob catterall: Cricketer (1555 runs/24 tests for s afr 1922-31),    

Jan 04   Barry fitzgerald: Actor (going my way),    

Jan 06   Regina ullmann: Writer,    

Jan 07   Clarice baright: 1st woman admitted to american bar assn,    

Jan 09   Emily greene balch: American writer, nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell hammett: Us detective writer (thin man, maltese falcon),    

Jan 11   Elena gerhardt: German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest thesiger: Actor (brass monkey, ghoul),