Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   A full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful in the year 1961.   

Feb 01   In the year 1961 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   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

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)) in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 04   Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.   

Feb 06   Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1961.   

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   Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo   

Feb 10   Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   In the year 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

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   Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   Element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 16   China uses it's first nuclear reactor on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history first all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA   

Feb 16   US satellite Explorer 9 is launched in the year 1961.   

Feb 17   On this day in history nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63   

Feb 18   Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater in the year 1961.   

Feb 19   On this day in history albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"   

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Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born in the year 1961.   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81