1961 Calendar
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1961 Historical Event(s)
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.
April 23, 1961
– Algiers putsch by French generals.
May 14, 1961
– American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
May 24, 1961
– Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
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 21, 1961
– Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
October 20, 1961
– The Soviet Union performs the first armed test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile, launching an R-13 from a Golf class submarine.
October 31, 1961
– In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Lenin’s Tomb.
December 19, 1961
– India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
Who Were Born On 1961?
January 11, 1961
– Jasper Fforde, British author
January 31, 1961
– Lloyd Cole, British singer
March 10, 1961
– Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
March 15, 1961
– Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player
March 28, 1961
– Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
June 10, 1961
– Kim Deal, American bassist (Pixies, The Breeders)
August 8, 1961
– Daniel House, American musician and music executive
September 17, 1961
– Jim Cornette, American professional wrestling manager
September 22, 1961
– Vince Coleman, American baseball player
October 20, 1961
– Ian Rush, Welsh footballer