Page 16: Historical Events In 1961

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 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.   

Dec 30   Moscow: premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitch' 4th Symphony (out 1936).   

Dec 31   inaugural performance of the Beach Boys.   

Dec 31   Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion.   

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Jan 02   Todd haynes: American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin blom: Dutch singer/guitarist (eton crop)   

Jan 04   Lee curreri: Nyc, actor (bruno martelli-fame)   

Jan 05   Curt bader: Bloomfield iowa, sprint kayak (olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew thomson: Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya pathak: Indian actress   

Jan 07   John thune: American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver goldstick: American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob catterall: Cricketer (1555 runs/24 tests for s afr 1922-31),    

Jan 04   Barry fitzgerald: Actor (going my way),   

Jan 06   Regina ullmann: Writer,   

Jan 07   Clarice baright: 1st woman admitted to american bar assn,   

Jan 09   Emily greene balch: American writer, nobel peace prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell hammett: Us detective writer (thin man, maltese falcon),   

Jan 11   Elena gerhardt: German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest thesiger: Actor (brass monkey, ghoul),