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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 23   Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 in the year 1961.   

Jun 23   USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on this day in history.   

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   Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie in the year 1961.   

Jun 29   Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history haleakala National Park established in Hawaii   

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 in the year 1961.   

Jul 04   Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 in the year 1961.   

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   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   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86   

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   [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   Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

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   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   On this day in history bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

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.