Page 3: 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   On this day in history mackay & Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies   

Feb 02   On this day in history adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87   

Feb 02   Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam in the year 1961.   

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

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

Feb 04   Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure in the year 1961.   

Feb 05   Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1961.   

Feb 07   Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" in the year 1961.   

Feb 08   In the year 1961 william Duncan, actor (Hopalong Rides Again), dies at 81   

Feb 09   On this day in history grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70   

Feb 09   In the year 1961 joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo   

Feb 10   Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   In the year 1961 eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82   

Feb 11   Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black in the year 1961.   

Feb 11   Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem in the year 1961.   

Feb 12   On this day in history first spacecraft to the planet Venus launched   

Feb 12   In the year 1961 uSSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus   

Feb 13   In the year 1961 frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records   

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   In the year 1961 wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash   

Feb 15   Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 china uses it's first nuclear reactor   

Feb 16   First all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island VA in the year 1961.   

Feb 16   In the year 1961 uS satellite Explorer 9 is launched   

Feb 17   On this day in history nita Naldi, actress (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63   

Feb 18   On this day in history henk van der Grift becomes world champion skater   

Feb 19   On this day in history albania disavows Chinese "Revisionism"   

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Jan 02   In the year 1961 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 in the year 1961.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of andrew Thomson, Australian politician   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of supriya Pathak, Indian actress   

Jan 07   John Thune, American politician was born in the year 1961.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66   

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

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