1961 Calendar
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1961 Historical Event(s)
- February 12, 1961 – U.S.S.R. launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
- February 15, 1961 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- April 8, 1961 – A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
- May 24, 1961 – American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for “disturbing the peace” after disembarking from their bus.
- May 30, 1961 – Long time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- July 12, 1961 – Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000.
- August 15, 1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- October 27, 1961 – Mauritania and Mongolia join the United Nations.
- November 18, 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
- December 9, 1961 – The trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel ends with verdicts of guilty on 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
Who Were Born On 1961?
- January 2, 1961 – Todd Haynes, American film director
- January 18, 1961 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer
- January 28, 1961 – Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player
- February 16, 1961 – LaGaylia Frazier, American-Swedish singer
- April 26, 1961 – Chris Mars, American rock drummer (The Replacements)
- May 10, 1961 – Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
- May 13, 1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
- July 5, 1961 – Isabelle Poulenard, French soprano
- August 22, 1961 – Debbi Peterson, American musician (The Bangles)
- August 29, 1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player