Page 11: Historical Events In 1961

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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Jan 02   Todd haynes: American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)   

Jan 04   Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)   

Jan 05   Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew thomson: Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya pathak: Indian actress   

Jan 07   John thune: American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob catterall: Cricketer (1555 runs/24 tests for s afr 1922-31),   

Jan 04   Barry fitzgerald: Actor (going my way),   

Jan 06   Regina ullmann: Writer,   

Jan 07   Clarice baright: 1st woman admitted to american bar assn,    

Jan 09   Emily greene balch: American writer, nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell hammett: Us detective writer (thin man, maltese falcon),   

Jan 11   Elena gerhardt: German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest thesiger: Actor (brass monkey, ghoul),