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Historical Events In 1961
Tuesday, 16 July 2019
May 03 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 in the year 1961. 
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 In the year 1961 malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon
May 04 In the year 1961 south-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
May 05 In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.
May 08 In the year 1961 james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
May 08 On this day in history the first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
May 10 In the year 1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
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 in the year 1961.
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 in the year 1961.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.
May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck in the year 1961.
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 in the year 1961.
May 18 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies in the year 1961.
May 19 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 in the year 1961.
May 19 New pier opens in Scheveningen on this day in history.
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 In the year 1961 "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 In the year 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS
May 24 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.
May 24 On this day in history u S President Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade
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