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 in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 02   Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam in the year 1961.   

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   Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1961 "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC   

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" on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 in the year 1961.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1961 niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power   

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 on this day in history.   

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   USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus on this day in history.   

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

Feb 13   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1961 entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1961 henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater   

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   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