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Historical Events In 1961

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Sep 16   On this day in history a P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 17   On this day in history adnan Menderes, PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 18   On this day in history dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 19   Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 19   Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 21   In the year 1961 antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 21   On this day in history antonio Abertondo swims the English Channel, both ways, in 24 hours, 25 minutes.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 21   Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 22   Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 22   Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 22   On this day in history peace Corps established  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   In the year 1961 billy House, actor (Imitation of Life, Bedlam, Egg & I), dies at 71  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   In the year 1961 sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 25   In the year 1961 frank Fay, actor (God's Gift to Women), dies in Santa Monica CA  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 26   Eily Malyon, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   On this day in history hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the UN on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   In the year 1961 uSN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   In the year 1961 reinhard Herbig, German archaeologist, dies at 63  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   In the year 1961 donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   East & West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   In the year 1961 roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs, last off of Tracy Stallard  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 02   Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v S Africa 1912), dies in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 04   Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 09   On this day in history tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 09   Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 10   In the year 1961 otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 10   The entire population of Tristan de Cunha is evacuated, following a volcanic eruption on the South Atlantic island on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 11   In the year 1961 leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1961

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1961 birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1961

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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