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1961 Historical Event(s)
January 26, 1961
– John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
February 12, 1961
– U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
February 14, 1961
– Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
February 15, 1961
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
March 1, 1961
– President of the United States John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
May 1, 1961
– The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
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 31, 1961
– In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Lenin’s Tomb.
November 11, 1961
– thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity.
Who Were Born On 1961?
February 6, 1961
– Yuri Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian cosmonaut
March 4, 1961
– Tinker Juarez, bike racer
March 15, 1961
– Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player
May 13, 1961
– Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
May 14, 1961
– Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
July 5, 1961
– Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
July 28, 1961
– Alexander Kurlovitch, Soviet weightlifter
August 11, 1961
– Craig Ehlo, American basketball player
September 5, 1961
– Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist
September 30, 1961
– Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress