Page 3: 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

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

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

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

Feb 04   Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1961 first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched   

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

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

Feb 15   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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