1961 Calendar
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1961 Historical Event(s)
February 15, 1961
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
March 30, 1961
– The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
April 18, 1961
– The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
June 17, 1961
– The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
August 13, 1961
– The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants’ attempts to escape to the West.
September 18, 1961
– U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
September 27, 1961
– Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
September 28, 1961
– A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
October 27, 1961
– NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
December 19, 1961
– India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
Who Were Born On 1961?
February 28, 1961
– Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
May 31, 1961
– Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
August 15, 1961
– Gary Kubiak, American football coach
August 27, 1961
– Yolanda Adams, American gospel singer
October 4, 1961
– Philippe Russo, French singer
October 30, 1961
– Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician
November 16, 1961
– Corinne Hermès, French singer
November 26, 1961
– Marcy Walker, American actress
December 17, 1961
– Sara Dallin, English singer (Bananarama)
December 20, 1961
– Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor