Historical Events In 1961

Oct 11   USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100 m in the year 1961.   

Oct 11   In the year 1961 uSAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m   

Oct 17   On this day in history 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow   

Oct 17   In the year 1961 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m   

Oct 17   On this day in history nY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down, It wasn't corrected until December 3rd   

Oct 18   Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1961 the birth of Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter   

Oct 19   In the year 1961 benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60   

Oct 21   On this day in history barbra Striesand opens in "Another Evening with Harry Stones"   

Oct 21   Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies in the year 1961.   

Oct 22   In the year 1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium   

Oct 24   "Evening with Yves Montand" opens at John Golden NYC for 55 perfs in the year 1961.   

Oct 24   Malta granted independence from Britain on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1961 peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75   

Oct 26   1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies in the year 1961.   

Oct 27   1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test on this day in history.   

Oct 27   American Basketball League starts play in the year 1961.   

Oct 27   Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become the 102nd & 103rd members of UN in the year 1961.   

Oct 27   The first Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test in the year 1961.   

Oct 28   On this day in history "Fiorello!" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances   

Oct 28   Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets in the year 1961.   

Oct 29   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site in the year 1961.   

Oct 30   In the year 1961 luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies   

Oct 30   Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square on this day in history.   

Oct 30   Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras on this day in history.   

Nov 01   In the year 1961 alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97   

Nov 02   On this day in history "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances   

Nov 02   James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66 in the year 1961.   

Nov 06   In the year 1961 uS government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith   

Nov 06   US govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith in the year 1961.   

Nov 07   Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 in the year 1961.   

Nov 07   France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria in the year 1961.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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   In the year 1961 birth of john Thune, American politician   

Jan 09   Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 14   On this day in history ernest Thesiger, actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81