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 on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history uS Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God   

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   On this day in history betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies   

Jun 23   In the year 1961 antarctic Treaty goes into effect   

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   In the year 1961 beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

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

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

Jun 27   On this day in history paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58   

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

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

Jun 30   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history haleakala National Park established in Hawaii   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho in the year 1961.   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1961 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83   

Jul 06   In the year 1961 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93   

Jul 08   Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1961.   

Jul 08   Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1961 alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52   

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

Jul 13   Arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88   

Jul 17   On this day in history john Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show   

Jul 17   Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 in the year 1961.   

Jul 17   Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   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 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop)   

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Supriya Pathak, Indian actress was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 02   Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.