Page 11: Historical Events In 1961

Jul 19   The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom on this day in history.   

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

Jul 23   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open in the year 1961.   

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

Jul 24   A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 29   In the year 1961 wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory   

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

Aug 01   Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.   

Aug 02   Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on this day in history.   

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

Aug 02   On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

Aug 02   On this day in history st Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto   

Aug 04   108ø F, Spokane, WA in the year 1961.   

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

Aug 04   Spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit on this day in history.   

Aug 05   In the year 1961 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   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 06   Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 07   Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 in the year 1961.   

Aug 08   Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   In the year 1961 james B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court   

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

Aug 09   In the year 1961 walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75   

Aug 10   England applies for membership in the European Common Market on this day in history.   

Aug 11   On this day in history warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1   

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   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

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

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 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