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Historical Events In 1961

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

May 02   J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   On this day in history south-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7) in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   Alan Shepard becomes the first American into space in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   On this day in history lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   In the year 1961 alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   On this day in history james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   The first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   On this day in history gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   In the year 1961 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   In the year 1961 castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   In the year 1961 frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   New pier opens in Scheveningen in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   Mauritania adopts constitution in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   In the year 1961 white mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1961 the first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   In the year 1961 joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   On this day in history 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   In the year 1961 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1961

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1961

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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