Page 3: Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful in the year 1961.   

Feb 01   British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

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

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

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1961 william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

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

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   On this day in history trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

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

Feb 12   USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus in the year 1961.   

Feb 13   Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus   

Feb 14   In the year 1961 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 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   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   On this day in history first all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA   

Feb 16   On this day in history uS satellite Explorer 9 is launched   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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   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