Page 3: 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

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 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   William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1961 robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black   

Feb 11   In the year 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

Feb 12   First spacecraft to the planet Venus launched in the year 1961.   

Feb 12   On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   In the year 1961 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   On this day in history element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

Feb 14   Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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   On this day in history nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63   

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   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

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

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