Page 11: Historical Events In 1961

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

Jul 21   In the year 1961 launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom   

Jul 22   On this day in history wBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jul 23   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 27   Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history england applies for membership in the European Common Market   

Aug 11   Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 in the year 1961.   

Aug 13   In the year 1961 adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78   

Aug 13   In the year 1961 border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.