Page 3: Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   In the year 1961 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   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC   

Feb 06   In the year 1961 archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77   

Feb 07   In the year 1961 jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"   

Feb 08   On this day in history william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1961.   

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   In the year 1961 wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78   

Feb 15   Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever on this day in history.   

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 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 in the year 1961.   

Feb 17   On this day in history nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63   

Feb 18   In the year 1961 henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater   

Feb 19   Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1961 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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.