Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   On this day in history a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful  

Feb 01   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87  

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

Feb 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure  

Feb 05   In the year 1961 anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 09   Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records  

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 in the year 1961.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash  

Feb 15   On this day in history jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59  

Feb 16   China uses it's first nuclear reactor on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 birth of todd Haynes, American film director  

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.  

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   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  

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

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.  

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   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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 10   In the year 1961 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   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.