Page 15: Historical Events In 1961

Nov 08   Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn in the year 1961.   

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

Nov 09   In the year 1961 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m   

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

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

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57   

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   In the year 1961 great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

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   Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 in the year 1961.   

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

Nov 26   In the year 1961 alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86   

Nov 26   In the year 1961 for 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions   

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

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   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   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 in the year 1961.   

Dec 03   On this day in history jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75   

Dec 04   Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days in the year 1961.   

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

Dec 04   On this day in history tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN   

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

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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   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 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   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   On this day in history clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

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

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 in the year 1961.   

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