Page 8: Historical Events In 1961

May 04   13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South   

May 04   Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66   

May 04   Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34668 meters (record) in balloon   

May 04   South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested.   

May 05   Alan Shepard is recorded as becoming inaugural American in space (aboard Freedom 7).   

May 05   Alan Shepard is recorded as becoming the inaugural American into space   

May 06   Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65   

May 08   Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington   

May 08   James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63.   

May 08   The inaugural practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX   

May 10   "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London.   

May 12   In this year, Botvinnik claims world chess championship for 3rd time.   

May 13   Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60.   

May 14   Bus with inaugural group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama.   

May 15   36 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

May 16   13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck.   

May 16   13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr and Barbara Stanwyck.   

May 17   Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers   

May 17   Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81   

May 18   Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies   

May 19   Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94.   

May 19   New pier opens in Scheveningen.   

May 20   In this year, Mauritania formally adopts constitution   

May 20   White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL.   

May 21   Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery.   

May 22   "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1   

May 22   "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42.   

May 22   Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53   

May 22   The inaugural revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens   

May 23   Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53   

May 24   27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS.   

May 24   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit.   

May 24   U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.   

May 25   JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 02   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.