Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1961
Thursday, 09 May 2024
May 02 J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on this day in history. 
May 03 On this day in history maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
May 04 On this day in history 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South
May 04 On this day in history anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
May 04 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon in the year 1961.
May 04 On this day in history 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 In the year 1961 alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 in the year 1961.
May 08 On this day in history alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington
May 08 In the year 1961 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 In the year 1961 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 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1961.
May 16 In the year 1961 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 16 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck on this day in history.
May 17 In the year 1961 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 New pier opens in Scheveningen in the year 1961.
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 On this day in history governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
May 22 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1 on this day in history.
May 22 On this day in history "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 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 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS in the year 1961.
May 24 On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
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