Page 3: Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive   

Feb 01   In the year 1961 mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies   

Feb 02   In the year 1961 adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87   

Feb 02   In the year 1961 prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam   

Feb 03   6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1961 anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54   

Feb 04   In the year 1961 sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

Feb 05   On this day in history anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73   

Feb 06   "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77   

Feb 07   Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" in the year 1961.   

Feb 08   On this day in history william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

Feb 09   In the year 1961 grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70   

Feb 09   Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo in the year 1961.   

Feb 10   On this day in history niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power   

Feb 11   On this day in history eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82   

Feb 11   On this day in history robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black   

Feb 11   Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

Feb 12   First spacecraft to the planet Venus launched in the year 1961.   

Feb 12   On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   On this day in history frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records   

Feb 13   Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus in the year 1961.   

Feb 14   On this day in history element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

Feb 14   Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever   

Feb 15   Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 china uses it's first nuclear reactor   

Feb 16   First all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA in the year 1961.   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 uS satellite Explorer 9 is launched   

Feb 17   Nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 in the year 1961.   

Feb 18   On this day in history henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater   

Feb 19   Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1961 birth of oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter   

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

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

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1961 ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81