Page 12: Historical Events In 1961

Aug 21   Australian TV current affairs program Four Corners makes TV debut   

Aug 21   Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya   

Aug 23   US lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back   

Aug 24   Former nazi leader Johannes Vorster is recorded as becoming South Africa's minister of justice (if the shoe fits...).   

Aug 26   Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto   

Aug 27   Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"   

Aug 27   Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on "What's My Line".   

Aug 28   Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies   

Aug 30   1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons   

Aug 30   Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84.   

Aug 30   The inaugural Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons.   

Sep 01   Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51   

Sep 01   USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia   

Sep 02   Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54   

Sep 04   US authorizes Agency for International Development   

Sep 05   Ernest Bock, cricketer (Test for S Africa, 1935), dies.   

Sep 07   Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76   

Sep 10   75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64)   

Sep 10   Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81.   

Sep 11   Bob Dylan's inaugural NY performance.   

Sep 12   NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34840 m.   

Sep 13   "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV.   

Sep 13   Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit   

Sep 15   Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph   

Sep 16   A P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies.   

Sep 17   Adnan Menderes, PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62   

Sep 18   Dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56   

Sep 19   Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them   

Sep 19   Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive).   

Sep 21   Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles).   

Sep 21   Antonio Abertondo swims the English Channel, both ways, in 24 hours, 25 minutes   

Sep 21   Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68.   

Sep 22   Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min.   

Sep 22   Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 and 10), dies of cancer at 64   

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Jan 02   Todd haynes: American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)   

Jan 04   Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)   

Jan 05   Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew thomson: Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya pathak: Indian actress   

Jan 07   John thune: American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob catterall: Cricketer (1555 runs/24 tests for s afr 1922-31),   

Jan 04   Barry fitzgerald: Actor (going my way),   

Jan 06   Regina ullmann: Writer,   

Jan 07   Clarice baright: 1st woman admitted to american bar assn,    

Jan 09   Emily greene balch: American writer, nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell hammett: Us detective writer (thin man, maltese falcon),   

Jan 11   Elena gerhardt: German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest thesiger: Actor (brass monkey, ghoul),