Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain in the year 1961.   

Jun 19   United Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait in the year 1961.   

Jun 19   US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God in the year 1961.   

Jun 22   Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child &My Bonnie, in Hamburg on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies in the year 1961.   

Jun 23   Antarctic Treaty goes into effect in the year 1961.   

Jun 23   On this day in history franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70   

Jun 23   In the year 1961 uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m   

Jun 24   Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 in the year 1961.   

Jun 27   Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 in the year 1961.   

Jun 28   In the year 1961 phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie   

Jun 29   Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) in the year 1961.   

Jun 30   On this day in history explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit   

Jun 30   Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

Jul 01   Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii in the year 1961.   

Jul 02   On this day in history ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho   

Jul 02   In the year 1961 ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61   

Jul 04   On this day in history franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83   

Jul 06   Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jul 08   In the year 1961 portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die   

Jul 09   On this day in history alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52   

Jul 11   On this day in history 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF   

Jul 13   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86   

Jul 14   Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open on this day in history.   

Jul 16   [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1961 john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

Jul 17   On this day in history ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75   

Jul 17   Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 in the year 1961.   

Jul 18   In the year 1961 commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games   

Jul 18   In the year 1961 kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1961 birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

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   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   On this day in history regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died in the year 1961.   

Jan 14   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81