Historical Events In 1961

Nov 08   Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn on this day in history.  

Nov 09   On this day in history pGA eliminates caucasians only rule  

Nov 09   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m in the year 1961.  

Nov 12   Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63 in the year 1961.  

Nov 13   Wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting  

Nov 15   On this day in history douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51  

Nov 16   Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries on this day in history.  

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

Nov 18   On this day in history "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances  

Nov 18   US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed in the year 1961.  

Nov 19   Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13) on this day in history.  

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

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 22   On this day in history mariel Hemingway (actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace)  

Nov 24   In the year 1961 ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67  

Nov 25   NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points in the year 1961.  

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

Nov 26   In the year 1961 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   Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss on this day in history.  

Nov 29   In the year 1961 mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit  

Nov 30   In the year 1961 stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80  

Nov 30   In the year 1961 uSSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership  

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

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism in the year 1961.  

Dec 03   Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1961.  

Dec 04   In the year 1961 museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days  

Dec 04   Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on this day in history.  

Dec 04   In the year 1961 tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN  

Dec 06   27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 birth of todd Haynes, American film director  

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  

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

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   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)  

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 in the year 1961.  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)  

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