Historical Events In 1961

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

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

Oct 17   In the year 1961 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   NY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd in the year 1961.  

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

Oct 18   The birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter on this day in history.  

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

Oct 21   In the year 1961 barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"  

Oct 21   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies in the year 1961.  

Oct 22   75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium in the year 1961.  

Oct 24   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC for 55 perfs in the year 1961.  

Oct 24   In the year 1961 malta granted independence from Britain  

Oct 25   In the year 1961 peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75  

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

Oct 26   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies in the year 1961.  

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

Oct 27   On this day in history american Basketball League starts play  

Oct 27   In the year 1961 outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of UN  

Oct 27   The first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test in the year 1961.  

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

Oct 28   On this day in history ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets  

Oct 29   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1961.  

Oct 30   In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.  

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

Oct 31   Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras in the year 1961.  

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   James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66 in the year 1961.  

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

Nov 06   In the year 1961 uS govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith  

Nov 07   Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   In the year 1961 france performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.  

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   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)  

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

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died in the year 1961.  

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81