Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   On this day in history kuwait regains complete independence from Britain   

Jun 19   United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1961 uS Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God   

Jun 22   In the year 1961 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   Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 23   On this day in history antarctic Treaty goes into effect   

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

Jun 23   In the year 1961 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m   

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

Jun 25   Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   On this day in history paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58   

Jun 28   On this day in history phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Jul 11   In the year 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF   

Jul 13   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86   

Jul 14   On this day in history astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500   

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

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

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   Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

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

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 02   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

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 in the year 1961.   

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   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81