1961 Calendar
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1961 Historical Event(s)
- January 25, 1961 – In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
- January 31, 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2 – Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
- February 15, 1961 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- April 17, 1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
- April 18, 1961 – CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
- May 19, 1961 – Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
- May 24, 1961 – Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
- May 31, 1961 – The Union of South Africa becomes the Republic of South Africa.
- September 11, 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- December 19, 1961 – India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
Who Were Born On 1961?
- January 16, 1961 – Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
- July 1, 1961 – Carl Lewis, American athlete
- July 26, 1961 – Gary Cherone, American vocalist (Extreme, Van Halen)
- September 4, 1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
- October 25, 1961 – Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- December 10, 1961 – Oded Schramm, Israeli-American mathematician
- December 16, 1961 – Jon Tenney, American actor
- December 19, 1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
- December 21, 1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese video game composer
- December 23, 1961 – Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian novelist.