Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   In the year 1961 a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful  

Feb 01   British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive in the year 1961.  

Feb 01   Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies in the year 1961.  

Feb 02   In the year 1961 adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87  

Feb 02   In the year 1961 prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam  

Feb 03   In the year 1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1961 "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   In the year 1961 jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"  

Feb 08   William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 in the year 1961.  

Feb 09   Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo in the year 1961.  

Feb 10   Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power in the year 1961.  

Feb 11   On this day in history eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82  

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   In the year 1961 first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched  

Feb 12   In the year 1961 uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus  

Feb 14   Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA in the year 1961.  

Feb 14   On this day in history wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78  

Feb 15   On this day in history australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever  

Feb 15   In the year 1961 entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash  

Feb 15   In the year 1961 jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59  

Feb 16   China uses it's first nuclear reactor in the year 1961.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 in the year 1961.  

Feb 18   Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater in the year 1961.  

Feb 19   In the year 1961 albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"  

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

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

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

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1961 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   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.