Page 16: Historical Events In 1961

Dec 09   SS Colonel Adolf Eichman are discovered guilty of war crimes in Israel.   

Dec 09   Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania.   

Dec 11   "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released   

Dec 11   Adolf Eichman is are discovered guilty of war crimes, in Israel.   

Dec 11   Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks   

Dec 11   JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam.   

Dec 12   Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91.   

Dec 12   Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36.   

Dec 12   Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA.   

Dec 13   Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein   

Dec 13   Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101   

Dec 14   Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record   

Dec 15   Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel.   

Dec 15   William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

Dec 16   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs   

Dec 16   Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61.   

Dec 17   Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil   

Dec 17   India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies   

Dec 17   Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53   

Dec 18   Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles.   

Dec 18   India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu   

Dec 19   British govt begins decimal coin system.   

Dec 20   Moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57.   

Dec 21   Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Ready Teddy"   

Dec 22   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Dec 23   KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting   

Dec 24   Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76.   

Dec 24   Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game   

Dec 25   Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies.   

Dec 26   Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies.   

Dec 27   "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs.   

Dec 28   Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89   

Dec 28   Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana," premieres in NYC   

Dec 30   Jacobus "Ko" van den Bosch, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned)/dir, dies at 53   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

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

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   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   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.