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Historical Events In 1961
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
May 03 In the year 1961 maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 
May 04 In the year 1961 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 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon on this day in history.
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested in the year 1961.
May 05 In the year 1961 alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
May 05 In the year 1961 alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 On this day in history lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
May 08 On this day in history alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
May 08 In the year 1961 james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
May 08 The first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX in the year 1961.
May 10 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London in the year 1961.
May 12 On this day in history botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
May 13 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 on this day in history.
May 14 On this day in history bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
May 15 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.
May 17 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers on this day in history.
May 17 On this day in history frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
May 18 On this day in history henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on this day in history.
May 19 New pier opens in Scheveningen in the year 1961.
May 20 Mauritania adopts constitution in the year 1961.
May 20 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL on this day in history.
May 21 In the year 1961 governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
May 22 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 in the year 1961.
May 22 On this day in history "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
May 22 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 in the year 1961.
May 22 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens on this day in history.
May 23 Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 in the year 1961.
May 24 In the year 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS
May 24 On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
May 24 In the year 1961 u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
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