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| Born : | 06/14/1961 | "Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club) |
| Born : | 08/27/1961 | "Downtown" Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition) |
| Born : | 04/26/1961 | Albert Lawrence, Jamaica, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 06/18/1961 | Alison Moyet, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf) |
| Born : | 10/31/1961 | Alonzo Babers, Montgomery Ala, 400m/4X400m relay (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 11/25/1961 | Amy Gibson, actress (General Hospital) |
| Born : | 07/26/1961 | Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout) |
| Born : | 03/29/1961 | Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster (Suriname TV/Radio) |
| Born : | 05/--/1961 | Anette Dybda, Isle of Fyn Denmark, Miss Denmark (1977) |
| Born : | 11/01/1961 | Anne Donovan, Ridgewood NJ, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 09/28/1961 | Anne White, Charleston WV, tennis (Wore spandex in '85 Wimbeldon) |
| Born : | 12/15/1961 | Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess (Roue de la Fortune) |
| Born : | 10/09/1961 | Arlene Boxhall, Zimbabwe, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 10/22/1961 | Barbara Potter, Ct, tennis player (changed shirt on Wimbeldon Court) |
| Born : | 08/10/1961 | Beatrice Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Lisa-Four Seasons) |
| Born : | 12/30/1961 | Ben Johnson, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1988-disqualified) |
| Born : | 07/06/1961 | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, Virg, 100m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 08/13/1961 | Betine Vriesekoop, table tennis star |
| Born : | 05/12/1961 | Billy Duffy, rocker (Cult-Hell's Kitchen) |
| Born : | 08/25/1961 | Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatswood Ky, country singer (Some Gave All) |
| Born : | 12/20/1961 | Bonnie Marino, Cleveland Oh, playmate (Jun, 1990) |
| Born : | 04/17/1961 | Boomer Esiason, NFL QB (Cincinnati Bengels) |
| Born : | 03/11/1961 | Bruce Watson, rocker (Big Country-Wonderland) |
| Born : | 04/22/1961 | Byron Allen, LA Calif, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show) |
| Born : | 08/24/1961 | Cal Ripkin Jr, all-star shortstop (Balt Orioles) |
| Born : | 02/11/1961 | Carey Lowell, NYC, actress (Guardian, Dangerously Close) |
| Born : | 08/06/1961 | Carol Norman, Ardmore Okla, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1982) |
| Born : | 12/22/1961 | Catherine Oxenberg, NYC, actress (Amanda-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 09/22/1961 | Catherine Oxenberg, NYC, princess/actress (Dynasty, Overexposed) |
| Born : | 05/27/1961 | Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square) |
| Born : | 05/11/1961 | Cecile Licad, Manila Philippines, pianist (Leventritt Award-1981) |
| Born : | 01/27/1961 | Charlotte Kemp, Omaha Ne, playmate (Dec, 1982) |
| Born : | 08/08/1961 | Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 02/21/1961 | Christopher Atkins, Rye NY, actor (Peter-Dallas, Blue Lagoon) |
| Born : | 03/27/1961 | Clark Datchler, vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Don't Say it's Love) |
| Born : | 02/20/1961 | Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 |
| Born : | 05/06/1961 | Clay O'Brien, Ray Az, actor (Weedy-Cowboys) |
| Born : | 09/30/1961 | Crystal Bernard, Dallas, actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings) |
| Born : | 06/24/1961 | Curt Smith, rocker (Tears for Fears-Shout) |
| Born : | 04/12/1961 | D D Verni, heavy metal rocker (Overkill-Hello From the Gutter) |
| Born : | 09/15/1961 | Dan Marino, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins) |
| Born : | 03/05/1961 | Dan Stuart, US singer/songwriter (Green on Red) |
| Born : | 08/01/1961 | Danny Blind, soccer star (Sparta/Ajax) |
| Born : | 08/31/1961 | David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland) |
| Born : | 10/04/1961 | David W Harper, Abilene Tx, actor (Jim Bob-Waltons) |
| Born : | 08/13/1961 | Dawnn Lewis, actress (Jaleesa-Different World) |
| Born : | 02/22/1961 | Debbie Linden, Glasgow Scotland, actress (Kenny Everett Show) |
| Born : | 07/01/1961 | Diana Frances Spencer, Sandringham England, Princess of Wales |
| Born : | 05/11/1961 | Diana Lee, Seattle Wa, playmate (May, 1988) |
| Born : | 05/02/1961 | Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) |
| Born : | 04/20/1961 | Don "Hitman" Mattingly, Indiana, NY Yankee 1st baseman (MVP 1985) |
| Born : | 02/22/1961 | Don Van Spall, guitarist (Sleeze Beez) |
| Born : | 04/03/1961 | Eddie Murphy, Bkln NY, actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw) |
| Born : | 06/04/1961 | El Debarge, rocker (Debarge-All this Love) |
| Born : | 07/18/1961 | Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer) |
| Born : | 09/23/1961 | Elizabeth Pe€a, Havana Cuba, actress (La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder) |
| Born : | 02/22/1961 | Ellen Greene, Bkln NY, singer/actress (Little Shoppe of Horrors) |
| Born : | 05/17/1961 | Enya, [Eithne N¡ Bhraon in], Gweedore Ireland, vocalist (Watermark) |
| Born : | 10/18/1961 | Erin Moran, Burbank Calif, actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi) |
| Born : | 01/03/1961 | Erwin Blom, singer/guitarist (Eton Crop) |
| Born : | 03/15/1961 | Fabio, Italy, romance novels model |
| Born : | 07/15/1961 | Forest Whitaker, actor (Bloodsport, Platoon, Stakeout) |
| Born : | 11/16/1961 | Frank Bruno, British boxer |
| Born : | 09/08/1961 | Franny Michel, Bkln NY, actress (Patricia-Apple's Way) |
| Born : | 01/21/1961 | Gabrielle Carteris, Phoenix Az, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210) |
| Born : | 07/26/1961 | Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words) |
| Born : | 03/14/1961 | Gary Dell'Abate, producer (Howard Stern Show) |
| Born : | 01/27/1961 | Gillian Gilbert, rocker (New Order-Round & Round) |
| Born : | 06/14/1961 | Grace Jackson, St Ann Jamaica, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1988) |
| Born : | 01/13/1961 | Graham "Suggs" McPherson, rocker (Madness-Our House) |
| Born : | 02/27/1961 | Grant Shaud, actor (Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown) |
| Born : | 06/26/1961 | Greg LeMond, US bicyclist/Tour de France winner |
| Born : | 05/31/1961 | Harry Enfield, comedian |
| Born : | 09/25/1961 | Heather Locklear, LA Ca, actress (Stacy-T J Hooker, Sammy Jo-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 02/20/1961 | Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story) |
| Born : | 11/30/1961 | Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) |
| Born : | 04/30/1961 | Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP) |
| Born : | 07/14/1961 | Jackie Earle Haley, Northridge Calif, actor (Breaking Away) |
| Born : | 07/02/1961 | James McNichol, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever) |
| Born : | 02/27/1961 | James Worthy, NBA forward (LA Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP) |
| Born : | 11/28/1961 | Jane Sibbett, actress (Teddy Z, Heddy Newman-Herman's Head) |
| Born : | 11/18/1961 | Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up) |
| Born : | 06/28/1961 | Jay Schroeder, NFL quarterback (Wash Redskins, LA Raiders) |
| Born : | 10/09/1961 | Jean Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Kate-Double Trouble, Grease 2) |
| Born : | 04/10/1961 | Jeb Adams, Hollywood Calif, actor (Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep) |
| Born : | 04/22/1961 | Jeff Hostetler, NFL QB (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl) |
| Born : | 06/28/1961 | Jeff Malone, NBA guard (Washington Bullets) |
| Born : | 04/01/1961 | Jennifer Runyon, actress (Cindy-A Very Brady Christmas) |
| Born : | 10/13/1961 | Jerry Rice, NFL receiver (SF 49ers) |
| Born : | 06/22/1961 | Jimmy Somerville, rocker (Bronski Beat, Communards-You Are My World) |
| Born : | 12/31/1961 | Joanna Johnson, actress (Caroline-Bold & Beautiful) |
| Born : | 08/25/1961 | Joannie Whalley-Kilmer, Manchester England, actress (Kill Me Again) |
| Born : | 06/02/1961 | John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw) |
| Born : | 04/14/1961 | John Clarke, actor (Michael-Days of Our Life) |
| Born : | 08/10/1961 | John Farriss, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) |
| Born : | 05/27/1961 | John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92) |
| Born : | 03/15/1961 | John Melendez, jockey |
| Born : | 08/18/1961 | John Viscardi, NYC, actor (Father Tony-One Life to Live) |
| Born : | 10/07/1961 | Judy Landers, Phila, actress (Vega$, BJ & the Bear, Madame's Place) |
| Born : | 01/13/1961 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, comedienne (SNL, Steinfeld, Day by Day) |
| Born : | 04/12/1961 | Julius Kariuki, Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Olympic-gold-1988) |
| Born : | 11/10/1961 | Junior, [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say) |
| Born : | 11/03/1961 | Karch Kiraly, US volleyball player (Olympics-gold-1988) |
| Born : | 01/27/1961 | Karen Velez, Rockville Ctr NY, playmate (December, 1984) |
| Born : | 11/03/1961 | Kari Michaelsen, NYC, actress (Katie-Gimme a Break) |
| Born : | 06/20/1961 | Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater (Olympic-gold-1980, 84) |
| Born : | 07/25/1961 | Katherine Kelly Lang, LA Calif, actress (Brooke-Bold & Beautiful) |
| Born : | 02/03/1961 | Keith Gordon, NYC, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean) |
| Born : | 04/18/1961 | Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker (Hurricane-I'm on to You) |
| Born : | 12/18/1961 | Ken Foreman, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm) |
| Born : | 04/02/1961 | Keren Woodward, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) |
| Born : | 08/28/1961 | Kim Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America) |
| Born : | 11/29/1961 | Kim Delaney, Phila, actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty) |
| Born : | 05/20/1961 | Kit Clarke, rocker (Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer) |
| Born : | 07/30/1961 | Larry Fishburne, actor (Red Heat, School Daze) |
| Born : | 10/31/1961 | Larry Mullen Jr, drummer (U2-I Will Follow) |
| Born : | 05/31/1961 | Lea Thompson, actress (Casual Sex, Howard the Duck, Space Camp) |
| Born : | 08/03/1961 | Lee Rocker, rocker (Stray Cats-Gonna Ball) |
| Born : | 11/08/1961 | Leif Garrett, Hollywood Cal, singer/actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road) |
| Born : | 10/22/1961 | Leonard Marshall, NFL defensive end (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 02/13/1961 | Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) |
| Born : | 08/20/1961 | Linda Mantz, NYC, actress (Frankie-Dorothy) |
| Born : | 05/19/1961 | Lisa Rathgber, Hillsboro Ill, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1980) |
| Born : | 10/09/1961 | Liz Sagal, LA Calif, actress (Allison-Double Trouble, Grease 2) |
| Born : | 07/03/1961 | Liz Stewart, SF Calif, playmate (July, 1984) |
| Born : | 01/31/1961 | Lloyd Cole, guitar/vocals (& the Commotions-Rattlesnakes) |
| Born : | 01/28/1961 | Luann L Lee, Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1987) |
| Born : | 04/15/1961 | Lynne Austin, Plant City Fla, playmate (Jul, 1986) |
| Born : | 11/01/1961 | Mags Furuholmen, Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) |
| Born : | 01/17/1961 | Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi, USSR, women's world chess champ |
| Born : | 11/26/1961 | Marcy Walker, actress (All My Children, Eden-Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 11/22/1961 | Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress (Personal Best, Civil Wars) |
| Born : | 01/18/1961 | Mark D Messier, Edmonton Alberta, NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers) |
| Born : | 04/09/1961 | Mark Kelly, rock keyboardist (Marillion-Real to Reel) |
| Born : | 04/01/1961 | Mark White, rock guitarist (ABC-All of My Heart) |
| Born : | 01/27/1961 | Martin Degville, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) |
| Born : | 07/23/1961 | Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) |
| Born : | 10/10/1961 | Martin Kemp, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True) |
| Born : | 03/07/1961 | Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Kayla-Days of our Lives) |
| Born : | 02/11/1961 | Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92) |
| Born : | 05/04/1961 | Mary Elizabeth McDonough, Van Nuys Cal, actress (Erin-Waltons) |
| Born : | 10/04/1961 | Mary Ellen Stuart, actress (Frannie Crawford-As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 03/03/1961 | Mary Page Keller, actress (Duet, Scared Stiff, Baby Talk) |
| Born : | 08/15/1961 | Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining) |
| Born : | 06/10/1961 | Maxi Priest, [Max Elliott], Jamaican/English singer (Wild World) |
| Born : | 11/19/1961 | Meg Ryan, Bethel Ct, actr (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 10/14/1961 | Melanie Wilson, actress (Jennifer-Perfect Strangers) |
| Born : | 05/29/1961 | Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough) |
| Born : | 11/17/1961 | Merete Van Kemp, Denmark, actress (Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy) |
| Born : | 02/17/1961 | Michael "Air" Jordan, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls) |
| Born : | 06/09/1961 | Michael J Fox, Edm, actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf) |
| Born : | 01/25/1961 | Michele Tobin, Chicago Ill, actress (Fitzpatricks) |
| Born : | 03/11/1961 | Mike Percy, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) |
| Born : | 03/01/1961 | Mike Rozier, NFLer |
| Born : | 10/14/1961 | Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction) |
| Born : | 11/07/1961 | Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 03/10/1961 | Mitch Gaylord, gymnist (Olympics 1984)/actor (American Anthem) |
| Born : | 11/12/1961 | Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe] Romania, gymnist (1st 10/Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 01/10/1961 | Nadja Salerni-Sonnwnberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist |
| Born : | 06/24/1961 | Natalya Shaposhnikova, USSR, sidehorse vaulter (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 08/13/1961 | Neil Mallender, cricketer |
| Born : | 12/10/1961 | Nia Peeples, [Vernia], Hollywood, dancer/host (Fame, Party Machine) |
| Born : | 05/20/1961 | Nick Heyward, guitar/vocals (Haircut 100-Favourite Shirts) |
| Born : | 05/16/1961 | Nina Arvesen, White Plains, NY, actress (Cassandra-Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 04/17/1961 | Norman Cowans, cricketeer |
| Born : | 04/10/1961 | Olivia Brown, Frankfurt GFR, actor (Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice) |
| Born : | 11/28/1961 | Patty Zomer, singer (Dolly Dots) |
| Born : | 06/01/1961 | Paul Coffey, NHL forward (Edmonton Oilers, Pitts Penguins) |
| Born : | 01/11/1961 | Paul Skansi, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawk) |
| Born : | 09/06/1961 | Peggy MacIntaggart, Midland Ontario, playmate (January, 1990) |
| Born : | 08/12/1961 | Pete De Freitas, rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) |
| Born : | 08/02/1961 | Pete de Freitas, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman) |
| Born : | 06/03/1961 | Peter Glen Vidmar, LA Calif, gymnist (Olympic-2 gold-1984) |
| Born : | 10/02/1961 | Phil Oakey, rocker (Human League-Human) |
| Born : | 11/27/1961 | Princess, rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love) |
| Born : | 09/06/1961 | P i Waaktaar, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) |
| Born : | 11/04/1961 | Ralph Macchio, Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough) |
| Born : | 10/29/1961 | Randy Jackson, rocker (Jacksons-ABC) |
| Born : | 02/21/1961 | Ranking Roger, rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning) |
| Born : | 03/04/1961 | Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer (killed a boxer in the ring) |
| Born : | 04/19/1961 | Richard Phelps, British pentathelete |
| Born : | 08/20/1961 | Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker |
| Born : | 10/02/1961 | Robbie Nevil, rocker (A Place Like This) |
| Born : | 08/22/1961 | Roland Orzabal, singer (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels) |
| Born : | 03/31/1961 | Ron Brown, LA Calif, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 08/12/1961 | Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me) |
| Born : | 01/27/1961 | Rudi Mauger, rocker (Crew Cuts) |
| Born : | 08/14/1961 | Sarah Brightman, actress/singer (Phantom of the Opera) |
| Born : | 12/17/1961 | Sarah Dallin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) |
| Born : | 07/28/1961 | Scott E Parazynski, Little Rock Ark, MD/astronaut |
| Born : | 01/21/1961 | Sherry Ramsay, Stauton Va, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 03/20/1961 | Slim Jim Phantom, drummer (Stray Cats-Stray Cat Strut) |
| Born : | 10/31/1961 | Sterling Hinds, Toronto, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1984) |
| Born : | 12/26/1961 | Storm Davis, Dallas Texas, pitcher (KC Royals) |
| Born : | 08/14/1961 | Susan Olson, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Cindy-Brady Bunch) |
| Born : | 07/19/1961 | Suzi Schott, Springfield Ill, playmate (August, 1984) |
| Born : | 06/06/1961 | Sydney Walsh, actress (Mo-Hooperman) |
| Born : | 12/26/1961 | Tahnee Welch, San Diego Calif, actress (Cocoon) |
| Born : | 08/05/1961 | Tawny Kitaen, (Coverdale), actress (Bachelor Party, Witchboard) |
| Born : | 05/10/1961 | Teri Copley, Arcadia Calif, actress (Mickey-We've Got it Made) |
| Born : | 06/05/1961 | Terri Nunn, Calif, singer (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away) |
| Born : | 08/08/1961 | The Edge (Dave Evans), London, rocker (U2-I Will Follow) |
| Born : | 05/21/1961 | Tim Lever, keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round) |
| Born : | 08/29/1961 | Tony Macalpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity) |
| Born : | 05/30/1961 | Trey Parker, actor (Newsies) |
| Born : | 06/08/1961 | Ursula Buchfellner, Munich Ger, playmate (Oct, 1979)/actr (Bloodline) |
| Born : | 12/17/1961 | Venice Kong, St Mary Jamaica, playmate (September, 1985) |
| Born : | 02/04/1961 | Vern Fleming, LIC NY, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 07/03/1961 | Vince Clarke, England, rocker (Yaz-Situation, Only You) |
| Born : | 02/08/1961 | Vince Neil, Calif, rock vocalist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls Girls) |
| Born : | 09/11/1961 | Virginia Madsen, Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class) |
| Born : | 01/26/1961 | Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton Oiler/LA Kings (NHL MVP 1980-1987), Great One |
| Born : | 07/23/1961 | Woody Harrelson, Midland Tx, actor (Woody Boyd-Cheers) |
| Born : | 10/18/1961 | Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983) |
| Born : | 08/07/1961 | Yelena Davydova, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 12/22/1961 | Yuri Ivanovich Matinchenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 02/06/1961 | Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko, Russia, major/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 03/05/1961 | Zeke Mowatt, NFL tight end (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 07/01/1961 | [Fred] Carlton Lewis, Birmingham Al, track star (Oly-gold-84, 88, 92) |
| Born : | 11/02/1961 | k.d. lang, country singer (& the Reclines-Absolute Torch & Twang) |
| Died : | 09/17/1961 | Adnan Menderes, PM of Turkey (1950-60), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 03/14/1961 | Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies |
| Died : | 11/01/1961 | Alexander Cohen, anarchist/author, dies at 97 |
| Died : | 02/03/1961 | Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54 |
| Died : | 02/05/1961 | Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 |
| Died : | 11/07/1961 | Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 07/13/1961 | Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-US composer (Second Quartet), dies at 86 |
| Died : | 04/02/1961 | August Defresne, director (Anno Christi 967), dies |
| Died : | 01/04/1961 | Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72 |
| Died : | 06/13/1961 | Ben Jones, Missouri, horse trainer (Citation, Whirlaway), dies at 79 |
| Died : | 10/19/1961 | Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 |
| Died : | 06/22/1961 | Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies |
| Died : | 01/21/1961 | Blaise Cendrars, Swiss/French poet (J'ai tu), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 02/21/1961 | Blaise Cendrars, [Frdric Sauser-Hall], Switz, poet, dies at 73 |
| Died : | 06/06/1961 | Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychatrist (ber Alchemie), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 12/16/1961 | Cato Engelen-Sewing, soprano singer/primadonna, dies |
| Died : | 08/30/1961 | Charles Coburn, Acad award winning actor, dies at 84 |
| Died : | 08/08/1961 | Charlie Gemora, actor who portrayed King Kong, dies at 58 |
| Died : | 01/07/1961 | Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Assn dies at 74 |
| Died : | 08/14/1961 | Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 09/18/1961 | Dag Hammarskjld, UN Sect General, dies in an air crash over Congo |
| Died : | 01/10/1961 | Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 01/01/1961 | Dashiell Hammett, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 10/01/1961 | Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 09/21/1961 | Earle Dickson, inventor (band-aid), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 12/28/1961 | Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, 1st lady (1915-21), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 02/11/1961 | Eduard R Verkade, actor/director, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 09/01/1961 | Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (Dulles Airport), dies at 51 |
| Died : | 07/06/1961 | Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies |
| Died : | 07/02/1961 | Ernest Hemingway, author, shot himself to death in Ketchum Id at 61 |
| Died : | 08/08/1961 | Franc ND Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 05/17/1961 | French of Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 |
| Died : | 05/13/1961 | Gary Cooper, 2 time Acad award winning actor (High Noon), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 06/02/1961 | George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 08/02/1961 | Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies |
| Died : | 12/13/1961 | Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101 |
| Died : | 09/02/1961 | Greet Koeman, singer, dies at 54 |
| Died : | 02/09/1961 | Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 09/19/1961 | Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive) |
| Died : | 08/14/1961 | Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil, priest/archaeologist, dies |
| Died : | 09/27/1961 | Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Imagisten), dies at 75) |
| Died : | 06/26/1961 | Hlne Dutrieu, comdienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies |
| Died : | 07/25/1961 | J H F Grnloh, [Nescio], author (Above the Vale), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 03/27/1961 | Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy William Show), dies at 37 |
| Died : | 03/23/1961 | James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61) |
| Died : | 05/08/1961 | James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 04/21/1961 | James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 11/02/1961 | James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 06/17/1961 | Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], actor (Away all boats), dies at 40 |
| Died : | 05/23/1961 | Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 |
| Died : | 11/01/1961 | Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 |
| Died : | 05/19/1961 | Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 |
| Died : | 11/15/1961 | Johanna Westerdk, 1st Dutch woman prof (Utrecht, 1917-52), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 02/28/1961 | Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies |
| Died : | 08/06/1961 | Jozef E Van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87 |
| Died : | 04/06/1961 | Jules JBV Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 |
| Died : | 06/26/1961 | Kenneth F Fearing, US, poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 08/18/1961 | Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89 |
| Died : | 06/30/1961 | Lee De Forest, radio pioneer, dies at 87 |
| Died : | 09/10/1961 | Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 10/11/1961 | Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 07/02/1961 | Louis-Ferdinand Cline, [Destouches], French physician, dies [or 7/1] |
| Died : | 07/02/1961 | Louis-Ferdinand Cline, writer (Voyage Au Bout de la Nu), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 05/06/1961 | Lucian Blaga, philospher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 10/30/1961 | Luigi Einaudi, economist/1st president Italy, dies |
| Died : | 04/07/1961 | Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 12/17/1961 | Marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 |
| Died : | 02/15/1961 | Marubel Vinaon Owen, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1932), dies |
| Died : | 05/03/1961 | Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies |
| Died : | 03/07/1961 | Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France dies at 60 |
| Died : | 10/04/1961 | Max Weber, Polish/Russ/US painter, dies |
| Died : | 09/28/1961 | Michael Shepley, actor (Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54 |
| Died : | 10/24/1961 | Milan Stoyadinovich, fascist Yugoslavia PM (1935-39), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 04/09/1961 | Milk I, [Ahmed Zogu], PM/president/king of Angolia, dies at 65 |
| Died : | 02/26/1961 | Mohammed V, ibn Joesoef, sultan/King of Morocco, dies |
| Died : | 12/20/1961 | Moss Heart, US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 10/21/1961 | Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish songwriter (Goggles), dies |
| Died : | 03/30/1961 | P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies |
| Died : | 02/11/1961 | Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered |
| Died : | 01/17/1961 | Patrice Lumumba, African revolutionary, murdered at 36 |
| Died : | 06/02/1961 | Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 10/25/1961 | Peter Jensen, co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75 |
| Died : | 09/07/1961 | Pieter S Gerbrandy, lawyer/premier to London 1940-5, dies at 76 |
| Died : | 09/19/1961 | Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies |
| Died : | 02/27/1961 | Platt Adams, 1912 Olympic high jump gold winner, dies |
| Died : | 05/30/1961 | Rafael L Trujillo Molina, pres/dictator Dom Rep (1930-61), murdered |
| Died : | 12/25/1961 | Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope dies |
| Died : | 06/07/1961 | Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies |
| Died : | 11/16/1961 | Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies |
| Died : | 03/31/1961 | Seerp Anema, poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies |
| Died : | 08/05/1961 | Sidney Holland, PM of New Zealand (1949-57), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 09/24/1961 | Sumner Yes, US diplomat, dies at 68 |
| Died : | 03/17/1961 | Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader dies at 101 |
| Died : | 03/08/1961 | Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 08/28/1961 | Thomas Connolly, 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies |
| Died : | 07/17/1961 | Ty Cobb, Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 08/20/1961 | Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic explorer, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 02/03/1961 | Viscount Dunrossil, Gov-Gen of Australia, dies at 67 |
| Died : | 11/13/1961 | Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 08/09/1961 | Walter Bedell Smith, US general/WW II chief of staff, dies |
| Died : | 01/24/1961 | Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 |
| Died : | 12/15/1961 | William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 |
| Died : | 09/01/1961 | William S Foster, chairman (US Communist Party, 1945-57), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 09/16/1961 | Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies |
| Died : | 04/09/1961 | Zog, King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65 |
| Interest: | 09/18/1961 | [Luth] Commemoration of Dag Hammarskjld, peacemaker |
| Special : | 10/02/1961 | "Ben Casey" premieres |
| Special : | 09/13/1961 | "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV |
| Special : | 10/03/1961 | "Dick Van Dyke Show" premieres on CBS-TV |
| Special : | 02/06/1961 | "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC |
| Special : | 10/03/1961 | "Mr Ed" premieres |
| Special : | 09/28/1961 | "Purlie Victorious," a farce by Ossie Davis, opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 01/27/1961 | "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premiers on NBC TV |
| Special : | 04/17/1961 | 1,400 Cuban exiles land in Bay of Pigs attempt to overthrow Castro |
| Special : | 06/14/1961 | 106øF, hottest temperature in San Francisco |
| Special : | 08/04/1961 | 108øF, Spokane, WA |
| Special : | 08/05/1961 | 118øF (48øC), Ice Harbor Dam, Washington (state record) |
| Special : | 05/04/1961 | 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South |
| Special : | 01/02/1961 | 1st AFL Championship Game, Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 |
| Special : | 01/07/1961 | 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16 |
| Special : | 08/30/1961 | 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons |
| Special : | 12/02/1961 | 1st OT Grey Cup game (Winnipeg 21, Hamilton 14) |
| Special : | 10/27/1961 | 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test |
| Special : | 05/01/1961 | 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba |
| Special : | 02/16/1961 | 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Va |
| Special : | 09/01/1961 | 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade |
| Special : | 01/19/1961 | 1st episode for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is filmed |
| Special : | 02/01/1961 | 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful |
| Special : | 07/19/1961 | 1st in-flight movie shown (TWA) |
| Special : | 04/14/1961 | 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union |
| Special : | 01/25/1961 | 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK) |
| Special : | 09/23/1961 | 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire |
| Special : | 05/04/1961 | 1st on-the-road Spacemobile lecture given. |
| Special : | 12/31/1961 | 1st performance of Beach Boys |
| Special : | 05/08/1961 | 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport Texas |
| Special : | 04/30/1961 | 1st shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern) |
| Special : | 01/26/1961 | 1st woman "personal physician to President"-JG Travell |
| Special : | 10/17/1961 | 22nd congress of CPSU opens in Moscow |
| Special : | 03/29/1961 | 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres |
| Special : | 08/16/1961 | 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin |
| Special : | 05/24/1961 | 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi |
| Special : | 07/31/1961 | 2nd All Star Game of 1961 ends 1-1 due to rain at Fenway Park |
| Special : | 05/15/1961 | 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea |
| Special : | 02/03/1961 | 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm)) |
| Special : | 10/22/1961 | 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights & Flemish language in Belgium |
| Special : | 07/05/1961 | 80 die in collisions in Algiers |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | A believed extinct volcanco erupts in Tristan da Cunha |
| Special : | 04/29/1961 | ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts |
| Special : | 02/10/1961 | AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego |
| Special : | 01/03/1961 | Adam Clayton Powell elected Chairman of House Education & Labor |
| Special : | 12/11/1961 | Adolf Eichman is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel |
| Special : | 12/15/1961 | Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel |
| Special : | 09/20/1961 | After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls |
| Special : | 03/29/1961 | After a 4« year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge |
| Special : | 03/31/1961 | Aklilou Habtewold becomes 1st premier of Ethiopia |
| Special : | 05/05/1961 | Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7) |
| Special : | 05/08/1961 | Alan Shepard receives NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Washington |
| Special : | 10/27/1961 | American Basketball League starts play |
| Special : | 04/20/1961 | American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight |
| Special : | 05/28/1961 | Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977) |
| Special : | 02/19/1961 | Angolia agrees with Chinese "revisionism" |
| Special : | 06/23/1961 | Antarctic Treaty goes into effect |
| Special : | 12/03/1961 | Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion |
| Special : | 09/21/1961 | Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip (44 miles) |
| Special : | 01/20/1961 | Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury |
| Special : | 07/14/1961 | Astro's Eddie Matthews hits HR #500 |
| Special : | 06/25/1961 | Balt & Calif use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns |
| Special : | 05/09/1961 | Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins |
| Special : | 04/05/1961 | Barbra Striesand appears on "Jack Paar Show" |
| Special : | 10/17/1961 | Battle of Paris-police kill 210 Algerians |
| Special : | 09/13/1961 | Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo |
| Special : | 08/02/1961 | Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club |
| Special : | 06/24/1961 | Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby" |
| Special : | 12/21/1961 | Beatles record "Sweet Georgia Brown" & "Ready Teddy" |
| Special : | 06/22/1961 | Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints |
| Special : | 03/21/1961 | Beatles' 1st appearance at the Cavern Club |
| Special : | 07/24/1961 | Beginning of a trend, a US commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba |
| Special : | 12/27/1961 | Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 03/27/1961 | Belgium govt of Eyskens resigns |
| Special : | 08/23/1961 | Belgium routes troops to Rwanda-Urundi |
| Special : | 01/31/1961 | Ben Gurion cabinet in Israel resigns |
| Special : | 09/11/1961 | Bob Dylan's 1st NY performance |
| Special : | 01/08/1961 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters |
| Special : | 04/11/1961 | Boston beats St Louis, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 05/12/1961 | Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time |
| Special : | 08/25/1961 | Brazilian president Janios Quadros, resigns |
| Special : | 12/19/1961 | British govt begins decimal coin system |
| Special : | 04/08/1961 | British liner "Dara" explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236 |
| Special : | 08/17/1961 | Building of Berlin Wall begins |
| Special : | 05/14/1961 | Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama |
| Special : | 06/18/1961 | CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke |
| Special : | 09/16/1961 | CDU loses West German election |
| Special : | 05/04/1961 | CORE begins freedom rides from Washington, DC |
| Special : | 09/04/1961 | Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premiers on CBS radio |
| Special : | 01/14/1961 | Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join the AFL |
| Special : | 08/05/1961 | Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal |
| Special : | 04/16/1961 | Chic Black Hawks beat Det Red Wings 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 02/16/1961 | China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor |
| Special : | 03/25/1961 | Cincinnati wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 10/--/1961 | Clandestine Radio Libertad begins transmitting (Venezuela) |
| Special : | 11/11/1961 | Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots |
| Special : | 08/13/1961 | Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) |
| Special : | 08/18/1961 | Construction on Berlin Wall completed |
| Special : | 08/07/1961 | Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2 |
| Special : | 08/02/1961 | Cyrille Adula becomes premier of Congo |
| Special : | 06/16/1961 | Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host |
| Special : | 01/31/1961 | David Ben Gurion resigns as premier of Israel |
| Special : | 04/21/1961 | Dirk U Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO |
| Special : | 06/16/1961 | Discoverer 25 launched |
| Special : | 12/17/1961 | Disgruntled employee set fire to a circus tent in Niteroi Brazil |
| Special : | 05/31/1961 | Dominican Republic president Trujillo assassinated |
| Special : | 04/12/1961 | Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner |
| Special : | 12/10/1961 | Dr Ruth marries Fred Westheimer |
| Special : | 05/30/1961 | Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 61 die |
| Special : | 06/12/1961 | Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20 |
| Special : | 04/10/1961 | Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to JFK about New Guinea |
| Special : | 03/06/1961 | Dutch guilder revalued 4.74% |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | East & West Cameroon merge as Federal Republic of Cameroon |
| Special : | 07/24/1961 | Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of Today Show |
| Special : | 01/17/1961 | Eisenhower allegedly orders the assassination of Congo's Lumumba |
| Special : | 02/14/1961 | Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley Calif |
| Special : | 03/13/1961 | Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) becomes pres of US Communistic Party |
| Special : | 03/25/1961 | Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona |
| Special : | 12/11/1961 | Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks |
| Special : | 10/18/1961 | Emergency crisis proclaimed in South-Vietnam due to commun attack |
| Special : | 08/10/1961 | England applies for membership in European Common Market |
| Special : | 02/15/1961 | Entire US figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash |
| Special : | 12/15/1961 | Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time |
| Special : | 02/24/1961 | Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit |
| Special : | 06/30/1961 | Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit |
| Special : | 03/25/1961 | Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) |
| Special : | 05/09/1961 | FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland" |
| Special : | 05/01/1961 | Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba |
| Special : | 12/02/1961 | Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism |
| Special : | 07/14/1961 | Finland's Miettunen govt forms |
| Special : | 03/13/1961 | Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johannson to retain championship |
| Special : | 12/18/1961 | For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year |
| Special : | 08/27/1961 | Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line" |
| Special : | 05/26/1961 | Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta |
| Special : | 11/29/1961 | Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss |
| Special : | 04/26/1961 | French Army revolt fails |
| Special : | 04/21/1961 | French army revolts in Algeria |
| Special : | 02/21/1961 | Gabon adopts constitution |
| Special : | 04/10/1961 | Gary Player becomes 1st foreign golfer to win Masters |
| Special : | 06/17/1961 | Gene Littler wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 11/28/1961 | General Meeting of UN debates about New-Guinea |
| Special : | 12/03/1961 | George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal |
| Special : | 08/01/1961 | German DR limits traffic to West Berlin |
| Special : | 12/13/1961 | Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann |
| Special : | 10/04/1961 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1994 Shane |
| Special : | 10/16/1961 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1996 Adams |
| Special : | 11/27/1961 | Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games |
| Special : | 05/21/1961 | Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery |
| Special : | 11/16/1961 | Great-Britain limits immigration from Gemenebestlanden |
| Special : | 12/31/1961 | Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 10/28/1961 | Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets |
| Special : | 07/01/1961 | Haleakala National Park established in Hawaii |
| Special : | 08/08/1961 | Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario |
| Special : | 01/31/1961 | Ham is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2 |
| Special : | 12/12/1961 | Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36 |
| Special : | 01/02/1961 | Hawaii's, then all time low temperature, 14øF recorded atop Haleakale |
| Special : | 12/04/1961 | Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley |
| Special : | 02/19/1961 | Henk Van de Grift becomes world champ all-round skater |
| Special : | 11/19/1961 | Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13) |
| Special : | 12/10/1961 | Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans |
| Special : | 01/01/1961 | Houston Oilers beat LA Chargers 24-16 in AFL championship game |
| Special : | 12/24/1961 | Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game |
| Special : | 09/15/1961 | Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph |
| Special : | 12/18/1961 | India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao & Diu |
| Special : | 12/17/1961 | India seizes Goa & 2 other Portugese colonies |
| Special : | 06/25/1961 | Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees) |
| Special : | 06/24/1961 | Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait |
| Special : | 04/11/1961 | Israel begins Adolf Eichman WW II crimes trial |
| Special : | 07/31/1961 | Israel welcomes its 1,000,000th immigrant |
| Special : | 06/03/1961 | JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna |
| Special : | 04/24/1961 | JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs |
| Special : | 10/06/1961 | JFK advises Americans to build shelters |
| Special : | 01/30/1961 | JFK askes for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corp |
| Special : | 02/28/1961 | JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor |
| Special : | 12/11/1961 | JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam |
| Special : | 11/18/1961 | JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam |
| Special : | 05/25/1961 | JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade |
| Special : | 03/13/1961 | JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress |
| Special : | 08/09/1961 | James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court |
| Special : | 07/07/1961 | James R Hoffa elected chairman of Teamsters |
| Special : | 07/30/1961 | Jerry Barber wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 04/01/1961 | Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye |
| Special : | 12/13/1961 | Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller |
| Special : | 08/21/1961 | Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya |
| Special : | 02/09/1961 | Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo |
| Special : | 05/31/1961 | Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate |
| Special : | 01/30/1961 | KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/18/1961 | KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/18/1961 | KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/29/1961 | KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/27/1961 | KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/23/1961 | KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/21/1961 | KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls, ID (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/03/1961 | KMED (now KTVL) TV channel 10 in Medford, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/01/1961 | KNDU TV channel 25 in Richland-Pasco-Kennew, WA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 02/06/1961 | KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/25/1961 | KTPS TV channel 28 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/25/1961 | KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/05/1961 | KUSD TV channel 2 in Vermillion, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/04/1961 | Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece |
| Special : | 08/17/1961 | Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress |
| Special : | 03/03/1961 | King Hassan II's accends to throne of Morocco |
| Special : | 06/19/1961 | Kuwait declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 12/15/1961 | L J Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels |
| Special : | 03/13/1961 | Landslide in USSR, kills 145 |
| Special : | 01/01/1961 | Largest check issued, Natl Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion) |
| Special : | 12/08/1961 | Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec) |
| Special : | 08/30/1961 | Last Spanish troops leave Morocco |
| Special : | 05/28/1961 | Last trip (Paris to Bucharest) on Orient Express (after 78 years) |
| Special : | 07/21/1961 | Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom |
| Special : | 06/29/1961 | Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) |
| Special : | 01/24/1961 | Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68 |
| Special : | 01/04/1961 | Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants |
| Special : | 04/28/1961 | Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude |
| Special : | 05/04/1961 | Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon |
| Special : | 09/29/1961 | Mamum Kuzbari becomes premier of Syria |
| Special : | 07/02/1961 | Maris hits 29th & 30th en route to 61 homers |
| Special : | 05/30/1961 | Maris hits his 10th & 11th of 61 HRs |
| Special : | 08/22/1961 | Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers |
| Special : | 07/25/1961 | Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a double header |
| Special : | 12/31/1961 | Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion |
| Special : | 08/16/1961 | Martin L King protests for black voting right in Miami |
| Special : | 12/12/1961 | Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany Ga |
| Special : | 05/20/1961 | Mauritania adopts constitution |
| Special : | 02/21/1961 | Mercury-Atlas 2 reentry test reaches 172 km |
| Special : | 11/29/1961 | Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit |
| Special : | 04/25/1961 | Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin |
| Special : | 09/10/1961 | Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400 |
| Special : | 01/25/1961 | Military coup in El Salvador |
| Special : | 03/09/1961 | Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72 |
| Special : | 09/17/1961 | Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13) |
| Special : | 11/11/1961 | Molotov, Malenkov & Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's comm party |
| Special : | 12/04/1961 | Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days |
| Special : | 03/30/1961 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) |
| Special : | 05/25/1961 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m |
| Special : | 10/17/1961 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 33,100 m |
| Special : | 09/12/1961 | NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m |
| Special : | 04/27/1961 | NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays |
| Special : | 01/31/1961 | NATO secretary-general Paul-Henri Spoke resigns |
| Special : | 11/25/1961 | NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points |
| Special : | 04/27/1961 | NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio |
| Special : | 07/13/1961 | NL beats AL 5-4 (10 innings) in 30th All Star Game (SF Candlestick) |
| Special : | 07/11/1961 | NL beats AL 5-4 in 29th All Star Game (Candlestick Park, SF) |
| Special : | 06/19/1961 | NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs |
| Special : | 10/09/1961 | NY Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series |
| Special : | 08/01/1961 | New SF Hall of Justice opens |
| Special : | 02/25/1961 | Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak |
| Special : | 12/17/1961 | Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die |
| Special : | 06/11/1961 | Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium |
| Special : | 08/26/1961 | Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto |
| Special : | 08/30/1961 | Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game |
| Special : | 10/10/1961 | Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court |
| Special : | 10/27/1961 | Outer Mongolia & Mauritania become 102nd & 103rd members of UN |
| Special : | 03/06/1961 | P Wild discovers asteroid #1657 Roemera |
| Special : | 11/09/1961 | PGA eliminates caucasians only rule |
| Special : | 02/25/1961 | Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 |
| Special : | 03/04/1961 | Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as sec-gen of NATO |
| Special : | 08/14/1961 | Phila Phillies lose 17th straight game |
| Special : | 07/29/1961 | Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games |
| Special : | 06/23/1961 | Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th |
| Special : | 08/20/1961 | Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses |
| Special : | 06/28/1961 | Phils & SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie |
| Special : | 05/15/1961 | Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra |
| Special : | 07/14/1961 | Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate |
| Special : | 01/21/1961 | Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria |
| Special : | 07/06/1961 | Portuguese ship explode near Mozambique, kills 300 |
| Special : | 07/08/1961 | Portuguese steamer "Save" breaks up off Mozambique, 227 die |
| Special : | 04/30/1961 | Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize |
| Special : | 04/25/1961 | Premier Mose Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo |
| Special : | 05/27/1961 | Pres Kennedy announces US goal to reach Moon |
| Special : | 03/01/1961 | President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp |
| Special : | 09/05/1961 | President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) |
| Special : | 02/02/1961 | Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building |
| Special : | 05/01/1961 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) |
| Special : | 03/06/1961 | Queen Juliana celebrates 12« year govt jubilee |
| Special : | 01/11/1961 | Racial riot at University of Georgia |
| Special : | 07/16/1961 | Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2" |
| Special : | 05/27/1961 | Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' «" |
| Special : | 04/12/1961 | Ray Charles wins 4 Grammys |
| Special : | 01/28/1961 | Republic of Rwanda proclaimed |
| Special : | 01/20/1961 | Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration |
| Special : | 04/25/1961 | Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit |
| Special : | 02/11/1961 | Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black |
| Special : | 06/11/1961 | Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs |
| Special : | 04/26/1961 | Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961 |
| Special : | 09/26/1961 | Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs, last off of Tracy Stallard |
| Special : | 01/01/1961 | Russia introduces a new ruble worth $1.11 |
| Special : | 06/17/1961 | Russian ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev defects to west in Frankfurt |
| Special : | 01/16/1961 | Russian espionage work detected in Great Britain |
| Special : | 09/14/1961 | S Arend discovers asteroid #2642 Vesale |
| Special : | 10/07/1961 | S Arend discovers asteroid #2866 |
| Special : | 12/09/1961 | SS Col Adolf Eichman found guilty of war crimes in Israel |
| Special : | 05/19/1961 | Scheveningen: new worm opened |
| Special : | 04/27/1961 | Sierra Leone declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 09/27/1961 | Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of UN |
| Special : | 12/04/1961 | Smallest NY Knick, 49th St MSG crowd-1,300 (snowstorm) |
| Special : | 03/17/1961 | South Africa leaves British Commonwealth |
| Special : | 06/23/1961 | South Pole treaty goes into effect |
| Special : | 06/16/1961 | Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West in Paris |
| Special : | 08/07/1961 | Soviet premier Khrushchev predicts USSR economics will past US |
| Special : | 07/15/1961 | Spain accept equal rights for men & women |
| Special : | 03/25/1961 | Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered |
| Special : | 02/04/1961 | Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure |
| Special : | 03/09/1961 | Sputnik 9 carries Chernushka (dog) into orbit |
| Special : | 08/02/1961 | St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto |
| Special : | 11/11/1961 | Stalingrad renamed Volgograd |
| Special : | 03/09/1961 | Supremes release "I Want A Guy" & "Never Again" |
| Special : | 09/28/1961 | Syria withdraws from United Arab Republic |
| Special : | 12/04/1961 | Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN |
| Special : | 10/09/1961 | Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth |
| Special : | 12/09/1961 | Tanganyika gains independence from Britain takes name Tanzania |
| Special : | 05/01/1961 | Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain |
| Special : | 03/11/1961 | Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each) |
| Special : | 12/23/1961 | Train accident in Italy, 70 die |
| Special : | 01/07/1961 | Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps |
| Special : | 04/13/1961 | UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid |
| Special : | 10/08/1961 | US Constellation crashes at Richmond Virginia, 74 die |
| Special : | 11/18/1961 | US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed |
| Special : | 09/04/1961 | US authorizes Agency for International Development |
| Special : | 05/04/1961 | US balloon reaches 34,595m altitude |
| Special : | 01/05/1961 | US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba |
| Special : | 01/03/1961 | US breaks relations with Cuba |
| Special : | 04/14/1961 | US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered |
| Special : | 11/06/1961 | US govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith |
| Special : | 08/23/1961 | US lunar probe Ranger 1 reaches 190 km from Earth, falls back |
| Special : | 10/09/1961 | US members of communist party obliged to report themselves to Police |
| Special : | 09/05/1961 | US resume nuclear testing |
| Special : | 08/19/1961 | US vice-president Lyndon B Johnson visits West Berlin |
| Special : | 04/21/1961 | USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,000 m |
| Special : | 06/23/1961 | USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 32,830 m |
| Special : | 11/09/1961 | USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970 m |
| Special : | 10/11/1961 | USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100 m |
| Special : | 05/26/1961 | USAF bomber flies Atlantic in a record of just over 3 hours |
| Special : | 01/31/1961 | USAF launches Samos spy satellite to replace U-2 flights |
| Special : | 09/28/1961 | USN Comdr Forrest S Petersen takes X-15 to 30,720 m |
| Special : | 12/10/1961 | USSR & Angolia breaks diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 02/12/1961 | USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus |
| Special : | 09/01/1961 | USSR tests nuclear bombs in central Asia |
| Special : | 11/30/1961 | USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership |
| Special : | 05/31/1961 | Union of South Africa becomes a republic, leaves Commonwealth |
| Special : | 04/25/1961 | Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad |
| Special : | 09/13/1961 | Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 04/22/1961 | Uprising of French parachutist of Gen Salan/Challe in Algeria |
| Special : | 04/24/1961 | Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised |
| Special : | 01/23/1961 | Venezuela adopts constitution |
| Special : | 10/09/1961 | Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic) |
| Special : | 07/22/1961 | WBNB TV channel 10 in Charlotte Amaile, VI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/13/1961 | WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/02/1961 | WETA TV channel 26 in Washington, DC (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/02/1961 | WHRO TV channel 15 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/16/1961 | WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | WOLO TV channel 25 in Columbia, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/20/1961 | WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/--/1961 | WUSI (now WSIU) TV channel 8 in Carbondale, IL (PBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 12/04/1961 | WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1961 | WYAH TV channel 27 in Portsmouth, VA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/29/1961 | Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory |
| Special : | 01/25/1961 | Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released |
| Special : | 04/28/1961 | Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0 |
| Special : | 08/11/1961 | Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 |
| Special : | 05/20/1961 | White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama |
| Special : | 08/01/1961 | Whitney Young Jr named executive director of National Urban League |
| Special : | 12/09/1961 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY |
| Special : | 12/18/1961 | Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 78 points vs LA |
| Special : | 06/25/1961 | Yankee's Roger Maris hits his 40th of 61 HRs |
| Special : | 01/20/1961 | Yugoslav ex-vice-president Milovan Djilas flees |
| Special : | 04/12/1961 | Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth (Vostok 1) |
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