Historical Events In 1961

Dec 08   On this day in history antwerp Belgium diocese forms  

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   William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1961.  

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

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

Dec 09   In the year 1961 tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania  

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

Dec 11   On this day in history adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel  

Dec 11   Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 20 wks on this day in history.  

Dec 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36  

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

Dec 13   On this day in history beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein  

Dec 13   In the year 1961 grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101  

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 in the year 1961.  

Dec 15   On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99  

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   In the year 1961 disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil  

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

Dec 17   On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53  

Dec 18   Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles in the year 1961.  

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   In the year 1961 moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57  

Dec 21   Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" on this day in history.  

Dec 22   In the year 1961 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Dec 23   On this day in history 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   Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.  

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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