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1961 Calendar

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•  January 3, 1961 – Finland’s worst civilian aviation accident takes place when Aero Flight 311 crashes near Kvevlax, resulting in the deaths of all 25 people aboard.
•  February 15, 1961 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  March 15, 1961 – South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
•  April 23, 1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.
•  May 4, 1961 – American civil rights movement: The “Freedom Riders” begin a bus trip through the South.
•  May 24, 1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
•  August 15, 1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
•  August 21, 1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.
•  September 11, 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
•  October 30, 1961 – Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 50 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise.

•  January 2, 1961 – Todd Haynes, American film director
•  January 18, 1961 – Jeff Yagher, American actor
•  February 14, 1961 – Latifa, Tunisian singer
•  April 7, 1961 – Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
•  April 10, 1961 – Joe Cole, American roadie (d. 1991)
•  May 11, 1961 – Luis Felipe, Cuban gangster
•  July 22, 1961 – Calvin Fish, English racing driver
•  July 25, 1961 – Bobbie Eakes, American actress
•  September 13, 1961 – Dave Mustaine, American musician (Metallica, Megadeth)
•  September 16, 1961 – T La Rock, American old-school emcee