January February March April May June July August September October November December General 1961
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Marlene Schmidt ( Germany ) |
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1961 Eurovision Song Contest
 Winner: Luxembourg Jean Claude Pascal 'Nous, Les Amoureux' |
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1961 Academy Awards - The 'Oscars' Best Actor: Maximilian Schell
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1961 - General
The Average Wage: £15.6s.10d
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Johnny Haynes becomes
the first £100 a week footballer |
The police 'identikit'
is launched |
Denis Law moves from Manchester
City to Torino, the first £100,000 transfer
The first successful test of 3-stage 'Minuteman' ICBM is made by The United States
Jack Nicklaus wins his
second U.S. amateur golf championship
Grand Prix drivers Giulio Cabianca, Peter Ryan and Wolfgang von Trips
are killed in crashes
The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Cuba
Frank Sinatra announces the launch of the 'Reprise' record label
1st The farthing ceases to be legal tender
10th Author Dashiell Hammett dies aged 66
12th The first Italian space rocket is launched
17th Patrice Lumumba, ex-premier of the Congo, is assassinated
30th 'The Pill' brand-named 'Conovid' becomes available in the U.K. on a limited basis
The government announces plans to build the Post Office Tower
Singer Jackie Wilson is shot in his New York apartment by 28 year old Juanita Jones
5th The first automatic half barrier is introduced on a level crossing in Uttoxeter, Staffs
6th Danny Blanchflower is the first person to refuse to appear on 'This Is Your Life'
8th The BBC announces that it is to drop 'Children's Hour' from radio in April. It started in 1922
25th Kennedy appoints Henry Kissinger as a National Security Advisor
6th Carline introduce the first minicabs, in Wimbledon
6th George Formby dies aged 56
8th Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham dies
21st The Beatles appear at 'The Cavern' for the first time
25th A charity concert in Hawaii is Elvis's last live appearance for nearly 10 years
Shirley Bassey has her tonsils removed at The London Clinic
2nd Forty biblical scrolls are found in a cave in Judaea
7th The United Nations votes 83-0 to censure South Africa over its racist policies
11th The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
12th 27 year old Major Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth
18th Russian spy George Blake is charged under the Official Secrets Act
Gene Vincent is the first American star to appear on 'Thank Your
Lucky Stars'
1st Off course betting is legalised following the passing of the Betting and Gaming Act
5th Alan Shepherd becomes the first American in space in a 15 minute 'hop'
6th Tottenham Hotspur achieve football's first League and Cup Double of the 20th century
8th Newly-elected M.P. Tony Benn is refused entry to the House of Commons due to his peerage
8th 38 year old spy, George Blake, is sentenced to 42 years imprisonment
13th Actor Gary Cooper dies aged 60
17th The new Guildford cathedral is consecrated
25th Toni Gardiner from Stratford marries King Hussein of Jordan
30th Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated
6th Carl Gustav Jung dies
7th British census figures are released putting the British population at 52,675,094
8th The Duke of Kent marries Katherine Worsley at York Minster
16th Rudolf Nureyev, 23, defects from the Kirov Ballet at Le Bourget Airport in France
17th Actor Jeff Chandler dies following emergency surgery
19th Britain ends its protectorate of the oil-rich sheikhdom of Kuwait
19th A stone with the name 'Pontius Pilate' on it is found at an Italian dig in Caesarea
27th Dr. Michael Ramsey becomes the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury
Bill Harry publishes the first edition of 'Mersey Beat' pop newspaper
1st Diana Frances Spencer , future Princess of Wales is born
1st British troops land in Kuwait in anticipation of an attack by Iraq
2nd Author and adventurer Ernest Hemingway shoots himself
14th Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, visits Britain
25th A mini-budget puts 4d on cigarettes and 3d on a gallon of petrol
4th M.P.s approve Britain's application to join the Common Market
6th Gherman Titov becomes the second Russian into orbit
13th East and West Berlin are divided by barbed wire
20th A 5ft concrete wall replaces the wire between East and West Berlin
23rd Western powers place tanks and 1,000 troops along the Berlin Wall
28th The earliest Roman mosaics in Britain are discovered at Fishbourne
The Renault 4 is the first 'hatchback' car
4th The TUC expels the Electrical Trades Union for ballot rigging
10th A racing car crash in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza kills 13 spectators
14th The first Mothercare store opens in Kingston
18th
850 arrested, including Vanessa Redgrave and George Melly
as 15,000 'Ban the Bomb' marchers protest in Trafalgar Square
18th U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold dies in a plane crash
1st The last steam train is used on the London underground
9th A volcano thought to be extinct erupts on Tristan da Cunha
9th James Hanratty is arrested in Blackpool for the A6 murder
11th Leonard 'Chico' Marx dies
12th New, smaller 10 shilling notes come into circulation
13th Film director Zoltan Korda dies
24th Malta gains independence
Jimmie Rodgers is the first member elected to Nashville's Country Music Hall Of Fame
1st The government announces plans to introduce an Immigration Bill
1st Lenin's mausoleum re-opens after the removal of Stalin's body
7th Adenauer is elected for a fourth term as West German Chancellor
10th Stalingrad is renamed Volgograd
29th The government issues a white paper outlining plans for the abolition of London County Council
Brian Epstein becomes manager of The Beatles
7th The L.C.C. approves the building of 300ft tower blocks in Hammersmith
10th The USSR severs relations with Albania
22nd James Davis is the first U.S. soldier to be killed in Vietnam
27th The first successfully hijacked aircraft lands in Havana after being diverted by its Cuban hijacker
31st Radio Eireann begins a television service