Page 14: Historical Events In 1961

Oct 11   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100 m on this day in history.   

Oct 11   In the year 1961 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m   

Oct 17   On this day in history 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

Oct 17   In the year 1961 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

Oct 17   On this day in history nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

Oct 18   Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

Oct 19   Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 in the year 1961.   

Oct 21   Barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones" in the year 1961.   

Oct 21   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium   

Oct 24   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC for 55 perfs on this day in history.   

Oct 24   Malta granted independence from Britain on this day in history.   

Oct 25   Peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test   

Oct 26   In the year 1961 edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies   

Oct 27   In the year 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test   

Oct 27   American Basketball League starts play on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of UN on this day in history.   

Oct 27   In the year 1961 the first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test   

Oct 28   On this day in history "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances   

Oct 28   Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets on this day in history.   

Oct 29   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Oct 30   Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies in the year 1961.   

Oct 30   On this day in history soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square   

Oct 30   Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb in the year 1961.   

Oct 31   Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97   

Nov 02   "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances in the year 1961.   

Nov 02   In the year 1961 james Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66   

Nov 06   US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith in the year 1961.   

Nov 06   On this day in history uS govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith   

Nov 07   Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 in the year 1961.   

Nov 07   France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria in the year 1961.   

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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   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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.   

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

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   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.