Historical Events In 1961

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

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   In the year 1961 esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75  

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 in the year 1961.  

Jul 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory  

Jul 30   On this day in history 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL  

Aug 01   On this day in history beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club  

Aug 02   In the year 1961 beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club  

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

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   On this day in history 108ø F, Spokane, WA  

Aug 04   In the year 1961 108°F, Spokane, WA  

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

Aug 05   Eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63 in the year 1961.  

Aug 05   On this day in history 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   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   Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 in the year 1961.  

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

Aug 08   Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 in the year 1961.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 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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Jan 02   In the year 1961 birth of todd Haynes, American film director  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  

Jan 04   In the year 1961 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   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician  

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.  

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died in the year 1961.  

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   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.