Historical Events In 1961

Dec 08   Surfin’, The Beach Boys first record, was released on Candix Records. It became a local hit in Los Angeles in the year 1961.  

Dec 08   William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Dec 09   "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 perfs on this day in history.  

Dec 09   SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel on this day in history.  

Dec 09   On this day in history tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania  

Dec 11   On this day in history "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released  

Dec 11   In the year 1961 adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel  

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

Dec 11   In the year 1961 jFK provides US military helicopters and crews to South Vietnam  

Dec 12   Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Dec 12   Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 in the year 1961.  

Dec 12   Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA in the year 1961.  

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

Dec 13   Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 17   Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil on this day in history.  

Dec 17   On this day in history india seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies  

Dec 17   Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   On this day in history britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles  

Dec 18   In the year 1961 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   Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" on this day in history.  

Dec 22   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1961.  

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

Dec 24   Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.  

Dec 24   On this day in history houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game  

Dec 25   Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies in the year 1961.  

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

Dec 27   "Subways Are for Sleeping" opens at St James Theater NYC for 205 perfs on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician  

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   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

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   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 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.