Page 15: Historical Events In 1961

Nov 12   Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born   

Nov 13   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63   

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

Nov 13   WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting.   

Nov 15   Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51.   

Nov 16   Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries   

Nov 16   Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79   

Nov 18   "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances   

Nov 18   US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

Nov 19   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   

Nov 22   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).   

Nov 24   Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67   

Nov 25   NBA's Bob Cousy is recorded as becoming 2nd player to score 15000 points   

Nov 26   Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86   

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

Nov 27   Gordie Howe is recorded as becoming 1st to play in 1000 NHL games   

Nov 27   Gordie Howe is recorded as becoming inaugural to play in 1000 NHL games   

Nov 29   Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss   

Nov 29   Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.   

Nov 30   Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80   

Nov 30   USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership.   

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism   

Dec 03   Anton Geesink is recorded as becoming 1st not-Japanese judo world champion.   

Dec 03   Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75.   

Dec 04   Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days.   

Dec 04   Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1300 (snowstorm)   

Dec 04   Tanganyika is recorded as becoming the 104th member of the UN   

Dec 06   27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB).   

Dec 08   Antwerp Belgium diocese forms   

Dec 08   Surfin’, The Beach Boys inaugural record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles   

Dec 08   William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78.   

Dec 09   "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician   

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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died in the year 1961.   

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

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 on this day in history.