Historical Events In 1961

Feb 01   In the year 1961 a full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful   

Feb 01   In the year 1961 british minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive   

Feb 01   Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87 in the year 1961.   

Feb 02   On this day in history prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam   

Feb 03   6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 in the year 1961.   

Feb 04   In the year 1961 sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure   

Feb 05   On this day in history anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77   

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   In the year 1961 grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70   

Feb 09   Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo in the year 1961.   

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 in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   In the year 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem   

Feb 12   In the year 1961 first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched   

Feb 12   On this day in history uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus   

Feb 14   On this day in history element 103, Lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley CA   

Feb 14   Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 in the year 1961.   

Feb 15   Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever in the year 1961.   

Feb 15   In the year 1961 entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash   

Feb 15   In the year 1961 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism" in the year 1961.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »

Jan 02   Todd Haynes, American film director was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1961.   

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 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   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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 04   Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 in the year 1961.   

Jan 06   In the year 1961 regina Ullmann, writer, dies at 76   

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 in the year 1961.   

Jan 11   In the year 1961 death of elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)   

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