Page 11: Historical Events In 1961
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Jul 22 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting. 


Jul 23 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75. 


Jul 23 In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open. 


Jul 24 A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba 


Jul 24 Edwin Newman is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show. 


Jul 25 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a double header 


Jul 27 Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 


Jul 29 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory. 


Jul 30 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL 


Aug 01 Beatles inaugural gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club. 


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


Aug 02 Beatles inaugural gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club. 


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


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


Aug 04 108°F, Spokane, WA. 


Aug 04 Spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit 


Aug 05 Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 


Aug 05 Ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record) 


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


Aug 06 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits). 


Aug 06 Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 


Aug 07 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. 


Aug 08 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58. 


Aug 09 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court. 


Aug 09 James B Parsons is inaugural black appointed to Federal District Court. 


Aug 09 Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 


Aug 10 England applies for membership in the European Common Market 


Aug 11 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 


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


Aug 13 Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans. 


Aug 13 Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany 


Aug 13 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day). 


Aug 14 Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68. 


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