Historical Events In 1961

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

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 03   In the year 1961 anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

Feb 04   Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1961 william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

Feb 09   Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1961 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   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   Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus in the year 1961.   

Feb 14   On this day in history element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

Feb 14   Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 in the year 1961.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63   

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

Feb 19   On this day in history albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"   

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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   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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.