Historical Events In 1961

Dec 08   Antwerp Belgium diocese forms on this day in history.  

Dec 08   On this day in history surfin’, The Beach Boys first record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles  

Dec 08   On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78  

Dec 09   "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs in the year 1961.  

Dec 09   In the year 1961 sS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel  

Dec 09   Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania in the year 1961.  

Dec 11   In the year 1961 "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released  

Dec 11   Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks in the year 1961.  

Dec 11   JFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam on this day in history.  

Dec 12   On this day in history daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91  

Dec 12   In the year 1961 ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36  

Dec 12   Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA on this day in history.  

Dec 13   In the year 1961 beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein  

Dec 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.  

Dec 15   In the year 1961 adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel  

Dec 15   William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on this day in history.  

Dec 16   In the year 1961 "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs  

Dec 16   Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1961.  

Dec 17   Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil in the year 1961.  

Dec 17   India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies in the year 1961.  

Dec 17   Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 in the year 1961.  

Dec 18   In the year 1961 britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles  

Dec 18   On this day in history india annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu  

Dec 19   British govt begins decimal coin system in the year 1961.  

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

Dec 21   On this day in history beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy"  

Dec 22   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Dec 23   In the year 1961 kICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting  

Dec 24   Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Dec 24   Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game in the year 1961.  

Dec 25   In the year 1961 rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies  

Dec 26   In the year 1961 charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies  

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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 in the year 1961.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66  

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)  

Jan 14   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81