Page 11: Historical Events In 1961

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

Jul 21   On this day in history launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom   

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   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 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   On this day in history theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59   

Jul 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.   

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   108°F, Spokane, WA on this day in history.   

Aug 04   Spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit in the year 1961.   

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

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

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

Aug 09   Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 in the year 1961.   

Aug 10   England applies for membership in the European Common Market in the year 1961.   

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   On this day in history 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   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81