Historical Events In 1961

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

Jul 21   In the year 1961 launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom   

Jul 22   WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Jul 23   In the year 1961 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open   

Jul 23   On this day in history esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75   

Jul 24   On this day in history a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba   

Jul 24   In the year 1961 edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

Jul 25   In the year 1961 maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header   

Jul 27   In the year 1961 theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59   

Jul 29   Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory in the year 1961.   

Jul 30   43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL in the year 1961.   

Aug 01   In the year 1961 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.   

Aug 02   In the year 1961 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 in the year 1961.   

Aug 02   St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto in the year 1961.   

Aug 04   108ø F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history 108°F, Spokane, WA   

Aug 04   In the year 1961 spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit   

Aug 05   On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

Aug 05   In the year 1961 ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record)   

Aug 06   On this day in history gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)   

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported in the year 1961.   

Aug 06   Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

Aug 07   In the year 1961 cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2   

Aug 07   Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 on this day in history.   

Aug 08   On this day in history charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58   

Aug 09   James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court in the year 1961.   

Aug 09   On this day in history james B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court   

Aug 09   On this day in history walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75   

Aug 10   England applies for membership in the European Common Market in the year 1961.   

Aug 11   Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 in the year 1961.   

Aug 13   On this day in history border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1961 birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

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   John Thune, American politician was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 in the year 1961.   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81