Page 3: Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful in the year 1961.   

Feb 01   In the year 1961 british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive   

Feb 01   In the year 1961 mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies   

Feb 02   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam in the year 1961.   

Feb 03   On this day in history 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))   

Feb 03   On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

Feb 04   In the year 1961 sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

Feb 05   Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 in the year 1961.   

Feb 06   On this day in history "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC   

Feb 06   Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1961.   

Feb 07   On this day in history jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"   

Feb 08   On this day in history william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

Feb 09   On this day in history grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70   

Feb 09   In the year 1961 joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo   

Feb 10   On this day in history niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power   

Feb 11   Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem in the year 1961.   

Feb 12   First spacecraft to the planet Venus launched in the year 1961.   

Feb 12   On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records on this day in history.   

Feb 13   In the year 1961 soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus   

Feb 14   Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1961 australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever   

Feb 15   Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 in the year 1961.   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 china uses it's first nuclear reactor   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 first all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA   

Feb 16   US satellite Explorer 9 is launched in the year 1961.   

Feb 17   Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1961 henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater   

Feb 19   Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 03   In the year 1961 birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died in the year 1961.   

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