Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain in the year 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   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   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   In the year 1961 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   In the year 1961 iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)  

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 in the year 1961.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   In the year 1961 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83  

Jul 06   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Jul 08   In the year 1961 portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die  

Jul 09   Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 17   John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.  

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   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  

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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 10   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)  

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