Historical Events In 1961
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Jul 19 The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) in the year 1961.
Jul 21 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom in the year 1961.
Jul 22 WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
Jul 23 On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
Jul 23 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 in the year 1961.
Jul 24 A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba in the year 1961.
Jul 24 Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.
Jul 25 On this day in history maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header
Jul 27 On this day in history theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59
Jul 29 In the year 1961 wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory
Jul 30 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL in the year 1961.
Aug 01 On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
Aug 02 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Aug 04 108ø F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.
Aug 04 In the year 1961 108°F, Spokane, WA
Aug 04 On this day in history spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit
Aug 05 In the year 1961 eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63
Aug 05 Ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record) in the year 1961.
Aug 06 On this day in history gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
Aug 06 In the year 1961 gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
Aug 06 On this day in history jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87
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 On this day in history james B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
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 In the year 1961 england applies for membership in the European Common Market
Aug 11 In the year 1961 warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
Aug 13 On this day in history adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
Aug 13 Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on this day in history.
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