Page 14: Historical Events In 1961

Oct 17   NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33100 m   

Oct 17   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.   

Oct 18   Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter is born   

Oct 19   Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60.   

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

Oct 21   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies.   

Oct 22   75000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium   

Oct 24   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC for 55 perfs   

Oct 24   Malta granted independence from Britain.   

Oct 25   Peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75   

Oct 26   1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test.   

Oct 26   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies.   

Oct 27   1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test.   

Oct 27   In this year, American Basketball League starts play   

Oct 27   Outer Mongolia and Mauritania become the 102nd and 103rd members of UN   

Oct 27   The inaugural Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test.   

Oct 28   "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances   

Oct 28   Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets   

Oct 29   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Oct 30   Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies.   

Oct 30   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.   

Oct 31   Hurricane Hattie, results in the deaths of 400 in British Honduras.   

Nov 01   Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97   

Nov 02   "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances   

Nov 02   James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66   

Nov 06   US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith.   

Nov 06   US govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith   

Nov 07   Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64   

Nov 07   France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria   

Nov 08   Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn   

Nov 09   PGA eliminates caucasians only rule.   

Nov 09   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30970 m   

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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),