Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1961 adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87  

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)) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1961.  

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

Feb 06   On this day in history "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   Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" on this day in history.  

Feb 08   In the year 1961 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   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   Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 in the year 1961.  

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 in the year 1961.  

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

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   On this day in history wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1961 uS satellite Explorer 9 is launched  

Feb 17   Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 in the year 1961.  

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   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  

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   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.  

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  

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 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   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