Page 16: Historical Events In 1961

Dec 08   Antwerp Belgium diocese forms in the year 1961.   

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

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

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

Dec 09   SS Colonel Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.   

Dec 12   Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 in the year 1961.   

Dec 12   Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record   

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

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

Dec 16   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC after 55 perfs on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1961 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Dec 18   India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu in the year 1961.   

Dec 19   In the year 1961 british govt begins decimal coin system   

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

Dec 21   Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" in the year 1961.   

Dec 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

Dec 24   Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game on this day in history.   

Dec 25   On this day in history rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies   

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

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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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.