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Page 11: Historical Events In 1961

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Jul 19   The first in-flight movie shown (TWA) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   In the year 1961 esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   On this day in history edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 25   Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 27   Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 29   On this day in history wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 01   In the year 1961 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 04   108ø F, Spokane, WA in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 04   108°F, Spokane, WA in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 04   In the year 1961 spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 05   On this day in history ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 06   In the year 1961 jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   In the year 1961 cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 07   On this day in history russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 08   Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   On this day in history james B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   James B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 09   In the year 1961 walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 10   England applies for membership in the European Common Market in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 11   Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 13   On this day in history adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 13   On this day in history border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 04   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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