Historical Events In 1961

Nov 08   On this day in history whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn   

Nov 09   PGA eliminates caucasians only rule in the year 1961.   

Nov 09   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m on this day in history.   

Nov 12   On this day in history olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born   

Nov 13   On this day in history fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63   

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wally Brown actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57   

Nov 13   In the year 1961 wCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting   

Nov 15   In the year 1961 douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51   

Nov 16   In the year 1961 great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries   

Nov 16   In the year 1961 sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79   

Nov 18   "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances on this day in history.   

Nov 18   US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed on this day in history.   

Nov 19   On this day in history houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)   

Nov 22   In the year 1961 frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues   

Nov 22   In the year 1961 mariel Hemingway (actress Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4 The Quest for Peace)   

Nov 22   In the year 1961 mariel Hemingway (actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace)   

Nov 24   On this day in history ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67   

Nov 25   NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points in the year 1961.   

Nov 26   Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1961.   

Nov 26   In the year 1961 for 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions   

Nov 27   Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games in the year 1961.   

Nov 27   Gordie Howe becomes first to play in 1,000 NHL games on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss   

Nov 29   Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Nov 30   On this day in history uSSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership   

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, and will lead Cuba to Communism on this day in history.   

Dec 03   Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion in the year 1961.   

Dec 03   On this day in history jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75   

Dec 04   Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Smallest New York Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) in the year 1961.   

Dec 04   Tanganyika becomes the 104th member of the UN in the year 1961.   

Dec 06   On this day in history 27th Heisman Trophy Award: Ernie Davis, Syracuse (HB)   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of todd Haynes, American film director   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 02   In the year 1961 bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies   

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

Jan 06   Regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 on this day in history.