Historical Events In 1961

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

Nov 09   PGA eliminates caucasians only rule in the year 1961.  

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

Nov 12   Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born in the year 1961.  

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   WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1961.  

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 in the year 1961.  

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

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

Nov 18   On this day in history uS Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed  

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

Nov 22   On this day in history frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues  

Nov 22   Mariel Hemingway (actress Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4 The Quest for Peace) 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 24   Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 in the year 1961.  

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

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

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

Nov 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit  

Nov 30   Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1961.  

Nov 30   USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership in the year 1961.  

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

Dec 02   In the year 1961 fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism  

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1961.  

Dec 04   Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN in the year 1961.  

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

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

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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.  

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.  

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   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

Jan 02   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 09   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.