Page 8: Historical Events In 1961

May 02   J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies in the year 1961.   

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   Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon in the year 1961.   

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   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   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   On this day in history the first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX   

May 10   "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London on this day in history.   

May 12   Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time on this day in history.   

May 13   Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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   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   Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies in the year 1961.   

May 19   On this day in history joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94   

May 19   New pier opens in Scheveningen on this day in history.   

May 20   On this day in history 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   "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 23   Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

May 24   27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS in the year 1961.   

May 24   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born on this day in history.   

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   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.