Historical Events In 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1961 great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries  

Nov 16   Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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) 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 08   In the year 1961 antwerp Belgium diocese forms  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1961 birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  

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   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician  

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

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.  

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81