Page 15: Historical Events In 1961

Nov 08   Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn in the year 1961.   

Nov 09   PGA eliminates caucasians only rule in the year 1961.   

Nov 09   In the year 1961 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m   

Nov 12   On this day in history olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born   

Nov 13   Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63 in the year 1961.   

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57   

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting   

Nov 15   Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 on this day in history.   

Nov 16   In the year 1961 great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries   

Nov 16   Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79 in the year 1961.   

Nov 18   "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances on this day in history.   

Nov 18   In the year 1961 uS Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed   

Nov 19   On this day in history houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)   

Nov 22   Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Mariel Hemingway (actress Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4 The Quest for Peace) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history mariel Hemingway (actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace)   

Nov 24   Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 in the year 1961.   

Nov 25   On this day in history nBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points   

Nov 26   Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Nov 26   For 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions in the year 1961.   

Nov 27   On this day in history gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games   

Nov 27   On this day in history gordie Howe becomes first to play in 1,000 NHL games   

Nov 29   In the year 1961 freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss   

Nov 29   Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1961.   

Nov 30   USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism in the year 1961.   

Dec 03   Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion on this day in history.   

Dec 03   Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1961 museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days   

Dec 04   Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN on this day in history.   

Dec 06   27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB) 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   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   In the year 1961 birth of lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame)   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 07   Andrew Thomson, Australian politician was born in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician   

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1961 barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

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   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81