Historical Events In 1961

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

Feb 01   On this day in history british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive   

Feb 01   Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1961 grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70   

Feb 09   On this day in history joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

Feb 12   First spacecraft to the planet Venus launched on this day in history.   

Feb 12   USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1961 element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

Feb 14   In the year 1961 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   Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" in the year 1961.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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   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   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   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   In the year 1961 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