Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1961
Monday, 19 April 2021
May 02 In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.
May 04 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South in the year 1961.
May 04 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 on this day in history.
May 04 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon in the year 1961.
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 On this day in history lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
May 08 In the year 1961 alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
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 In the year 1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
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 in the year 1961.
May 14 On this day in history bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
May 15 In the year 1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
May 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.
May 16 On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
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 In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 In the year 1961 joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
May 19 In the year 1961 new pier opens in Scheveningen
May 20 In the year 1961 mauritania adopts constitution
May 20 On this day in history white mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL
May 21 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery on this day in history.
May 22 On this day in history "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
May 22 In the year 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
May 22 On this day in history joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
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 in the year 1961.
May 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.
May 24 In the year 1961 explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
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