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   British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive in the year 1961.   

Feb 01   Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history 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   Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 in the year 1961.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1961 archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77   

Feb 07   On this day in history jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"   

Feb 08   William Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power in the year 1961.   

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   On this day in history trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

Feb 12   First spacecraft to the planet Venus launched on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1961 uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   In the year 1961 frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records   

Feb 13   In the year 1961 soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus   

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 in the year 1961.   

Feb 15   Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever in the year 1961.   

Feb 15   In the year 1961 entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash   

Feb 15   In the year 1961 jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   US satellite Explorer 9 is launched in the year 1961.   

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

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   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 in the year 1961.   

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   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

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

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 in the year 1961.   

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

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

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1961 death of emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1961 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