Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In 1961
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
May 02 On this day in history j C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies 
May 03 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 in the year 1961.
May 04 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South in the year 1961.
May 04 In the year 1961 anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
May 04 In the year 1961 malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested on this day in history.
May 05 On this day in history alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
May 05 On this day in history alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 on this day in history.
May 08 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
May 08 In the year 1961 the first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
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 On this day in history gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
May 14 In the year 1961 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 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.
May 17 In the year 1961 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 On this day in history henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
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 in the year 1961.
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 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens in the year 1961.
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 In the year 1961 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
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