Page 10: Historical Events In 1961

Jun 19   Kuwait regains complete independence from Britain in the year 1961.   

Jun 19   On this day in history united Kingdom gives up control of Kuwait   

Jun 19   On this day in history uS Supreme Court struck down a provision in Md's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God   

Jun 22   On this day in history beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child &My Bonnie, in Hamburg   

Jun 22   On this day in history betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies   

Jun 23   Antarctic Treaty goes into effect on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1961 franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70   

Jun 23   On this day in history uSAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m   

Jun 24   In the year 1961 beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"   

Jun 25   Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) in the year 1961.   

Jun 26   Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   On this day in history paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58   

Jun 28   In the year 1961 phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie   

Jun 29   Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1961.   

Jun 30   In the year 1961 lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87   

Jul 01   Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii in the year 1961.   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death in Ketchum Idaho on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61 in the year 1961.   

Jul 04   In the year 1961 franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83   

Jul 06   In the year 1961 cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93   

Jul 08   On this day in history julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60   

Jul 08   In the year 1961 portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die   

Jul 09   On this day in history alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52   

Jul 11   In the year 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF   

Jul 13   On this day in history arnold Schoenberg Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86   

Jul 14   Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 in the year 1961.   

Jul 16   Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open in the year 1961.   

Jul 16   [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Prof), dies at 88 in the year 1961.   

Jul 17   John Chancellor becomes news anchor of the Today Show on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Ty Cobb Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Ty Cobb, baseball great (Det Tigers), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Lee Curreri, NYC, actor (Bruno Martelli-Fame) was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 05   Curt Bader, Bloomfield Iowa, sprint kayak (Olympics-96) was born in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1961 birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81 in the year 1961.