Historical Events In 1961

Nov 09   PGA eliminates caucasians only rule on this day in history.  

Nov 09   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m on this day in history.  

Nov 12   In the year 1961 olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born  

Nov 13   On this day in history fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63  

Nov 13   Wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57 in the year 1961.  

Nov 13   On this day in history wCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting  

Nov 15   Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries in the year 1961.  

Nov 16   In the year 1961 sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79  

Nov 18   "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances in the year 1961.  

Nov 18   US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1961 houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)  

Nov 22   Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues on this day in history.  

Nov 22   In the year 1961 mariel Hemingway (actress Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4 The Quest for Peace)  

Nov 22   Mariel Hemingway (actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace) in the year 1961.  

Nov 24   On this day in history ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67  

Nov 25   On this day in history nBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points  

Nov 26   Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Nov 26   On this day in history for 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions  

Nov 27   In the year 1961 gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games  

Nov 27   In the year 1961 gordie Howe becomes first to play in 1,000 NHL games  

Nov 29   In the year 1961 freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss  

Nov 29   Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit in the year 1961.  

Nov 30   Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Nov 30   USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership on this day in history.  

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism  

Dec 03   On this day in history anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion  

Dec 03   Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Dec 04   Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on this day in history.  

Dec 04   Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) in the year 1961.  

Dec 04   Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on this day in history.  

Dec 06   In the year 1961 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB)  

Dec 08   In the year 1961 antwerp Belgium diocese forms  

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)  

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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.  

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   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.