Historical Events In 1961

Jul 19   On this day in history the first in-flight movie shown (TWA)   

Jul 21   Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom in the year 1961.   

Jul 22   WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open   

Jul 23   Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma & Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   A US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba in the year 1961.   

Jul 24   Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.   

Jul 25   In the year 1961 maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header   

Jul 27   Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory   

Jul 30   43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL in the year 1961.   

Aug 01   Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club in the year 1961.   

Aug 02   On this day in history beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   In the year 1961 beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club   

Aug 02   On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64   

Aug 02   St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto in the year 1961.   

Aug 04   On this day in history 108ø F, Spokane, WA   

Aug 04   108°F, Spokane, WA in the year 1961.   

Aug 04   Spokane, Washington reaches 108 degrees Fahrenheit on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history eva JC Beck, actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63   

Aug 05   In the year 1961 ice Harbor Dam, Washington reaches 118 degrees F (state record)   

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits) on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard Vostok 2 (17 orbits), 1st case of motion sickness in space reported in the year 1961.   

Aug 06   On this day in history jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87   

Aug 07   Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 in the year 1961.   

Aug 07   On this day in history russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2   

Aug 08   Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court on this day in history.   

Aug 09   On this day in history james B Parsons is first black appointed to Federal District Court   

Aug 09   Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 in the year 1961.   

Aug 10   On this day in history england applies for membership in the European Common Market   

Aug 11   Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 in the year 1961.   

Aug 13   Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Border between east and west Berlin sealed off by East Germans on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

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

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.   

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

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 10   In the year 1961 dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.