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Historical Events In 1961
Tuesday, 26 March 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 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 on this day in history.
May 04 On this day in history malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested in the year 1961.
May 05 Alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7) in the year 1961.
May 05 Alan Shepard becomes the first American into space on this day in history.
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
May 08 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 on this day in history.
May 08 The first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX on this day in history.
May 10 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London on this day in history.
May 12 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time in the year 1961.
May 13 Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 on this day in history.
May 14 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 17 On this day in history castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
May 17 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 on this day in history.
May 18 In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 in the year 1961.
May 19 In the year 1961 new pier opens in Scheveningen
May 20 On this day in history mauritania adopts constitution
May 20 White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL on this day in history.
May 21 On this day in history governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
May 22 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 in the year 1961.
May 22 In the year 1961 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42
May 22 In the year 1961 joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
May 22 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens in the year 1961.
May 23 On this day in history joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
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
May 24 U S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade on this day in history.
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