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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 12   On this day in history olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born   

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

Nov 13   On this day in history wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57   

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

Nov 15   Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 in the year 1961.   

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

Nov 16   Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 in the year 1961.   

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

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

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 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) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 25   In the year 1961 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   In the year 1961 for 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions   

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   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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1961.   

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

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

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

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

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   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

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   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

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

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