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

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

Dec 09   On this day in history 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   "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes, released in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Dec 12   On this day in history martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany GA   

Dec 13   In the year 1961 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   Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record in the year 1961.   

Dec 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 19   British govt begins decimal coin system on this day in history.   

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" on this day in history.   

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

Dec 23   On this day in history kICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting   

Dec 24   In the year 1961 guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76   

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   Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

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   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.