Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   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" on this day in history.  

Jun 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 27   In the year 1961 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   Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) in the year 1961.  

Jun 30   On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit  

Jun 30   In the year 1961 lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87  

Jul 01   Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii on this day in history.  

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

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history 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.  

Jul 19   The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) in the year 1961.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director  

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)  

Jan 05   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.  

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   On this day in history 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   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

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