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Historical Events In 1961
Thursday, 08 December 2022
May 02 On this day in history j C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies 
May 03 On this day in history maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
May 04 On this day in history 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
May 04 On this day in history anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
May 04 On this day in history malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 On this day in history south-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
May 05 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7) in the year 1961.
May 05 Alan Shepard becomes the first American into space on this day in history.
May 06 In the year 1961 lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
May 08 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington in the year 1961.
May 08 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 in the year 1961.
May 08 In the year 1961 the first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
May 10 In the year 1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
May 12 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time in the year 1961.
May 13 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 in the year 1961.
May 14 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on this day in history.
May 15 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea on this day in history.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.
May 17 On this day in history castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
May 17 On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
May 18 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies on this day in history.
May 19 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on this day in history.
May 19 On this day in history new pier opens in Scheveningen
May 20 Mauritania adopts constitution on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1961 white mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL
May 21 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery in the year 1961.
May 22 On this day in history "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
May 22 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 on this day in history.
May 22 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 in the year 1961.
May 22 On this day in history the first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens
May 23 Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 on this day in history.
May 24 On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS
May 24 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.
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