Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In 1961
Thursday, 30 January 2025
May 02 In the year 1961 j C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies 
May 03 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 in the year 1961.
May 04 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South on this day in history.
May 04 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 in the year 1961.
May 04 Malcolm Ross &Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon in the year 1961.
May 04 South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested in the year 1961.
May 05 On this day in history alan Shepard becomes first American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
May 05 In the year 1961 alan Shepard becomes the first American into space
May 06 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 in the year 1961.
May 08 Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington on this day in history.
May 08 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 on this day in history.
May 08 In the year 1961 the first practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport TX
May 10 On this day in history "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London
May 12 In the year 1961 botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
May 13 On this day in history gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60
May 14 On this day in history bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
May 15 In the year 1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
May 16 In the year 1961 13th Emmy Awards Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 16 On this day in history 13th Emmy Awards: Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr & Barbara Stanwyck
May 17 In the year 1961 castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers
May 17 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 in the year 1961.
May 18 In the year 1961 henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
May 19 In the year 1961 joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94
May 19 New pier opens in Scheveningen in the year 1961.
May 20 Mauritania adopts constitution on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1961 white mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery AL
May 21 Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery in the year 1961.
May 22 In the year 1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe hits #1
May 22 "Touchables In Brooklyn" by Dickie Goodman hits #42 on this day in history.
May 22 In the year 1961 joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53
May 22 The first revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space Needle in Seattle), opens in the year 1961.
May 23 On this day in history joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
May 24 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson MS on this day in history.
May 24 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.
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