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Historical Events In 1961

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   In the year 1961 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   On this day in history freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   In the year 1961 uSAF bomber flies the Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   In the year 1961 fiorentina wins first Europe Cup II in Florence  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   In the year 1961 president Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   On this day in history the first "black light" is sold can disco be far ahead?  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   On this day in history amnesty International is founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   In the year 1961 amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   Last ever Orient Express from Paris to Bucharest in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   On this day in history last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 30   In the year 1961 dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 30   Rafael L Trujillo Molina, dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered at 69 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   In the year 1961 chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   Dominican Republic President Trujillo assassinated in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   On this day in history judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Education of New Rochelle, to integrate  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   South Africa becomes an independent republic on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves the Commonwealth on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 02   George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 07   On this day in history robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 08   English prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 10   Suzanne Clayton's birthday June 10th 1961 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 12   In the year 1961 the DND buys 66 F-101 Voodoos in exchange for US control of Pinetree Line, plus a Mutual Air Program for purchase of 200 Canadian-built F-104 Starfighters.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 13   In the year 1961 ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 16   Ballet performer Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 16   On this day in history dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 16   In the year 1961 o C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 16   Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 17   Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 18   CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1961

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1961

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died in the year 1961.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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