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   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   On this day in history anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54  

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 in the year 1961.  

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

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   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   Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA in the year 1961.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 16   First all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1961 uS satellite Explorer 9 is launched  

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" in the year 1961.  

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.  

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

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 in the year 1961.  

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  

Jan 07   In the year 1961 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   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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

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