Today in History for November 1961

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 44 of 44

2nd - "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
2nd - Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich
3rd - General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
4th - Karamanlis becomes premier of Greece
5th - India's premier Nehru arrives in NY
5th - St Louis Cards Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas
6th - US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
7th - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
8th - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
9th - PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
9th - Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon," premieres in NYC
9th - USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30,970m
11th - Adulterous couple up mestkar through Staphorst riding
11th - Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots
11th - Molotov, Malenkov & Kaganovitsj kicked out of Russia's comm party
11th - Stalingrad renamed Volgograd
13th - WCBB TV channel 10 in Augusta, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
13th - Vladimir Yefimovich Semichastny succeeds Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shelepin as head of the KGB.
15th - Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
American Baseball Player Roger Maris 15th - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
15th - UN bans nuclear arms
16th - Great Britain limits immigration from Commonwealth countries
18th - "Gay Life" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 113 performances
18th - "Kwamina" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 32 performances
18th - JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
18th - US Ranger 2 launched to Moon; failed
19th - Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
20th - WPLG TV channel 10 in Miami, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
22nd - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
22nd - St Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws
22nd - Producers Albert Broccoli & Harry Saltzman announce expensive publicity campaign to make Sean Connery (James Bond) a star
25th - NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
26th - For 2nd time in his career, St Louis' Jerry Norton has 4 interceptions
26th - Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
Actor Sean Connery 27th - Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
27th - KHAW TV channel 11 in Hilo, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
28th - Ernest Davis is 1st black to win Heisman Trophy
28th - General Meeting of UN debates about New-Guinea
28th - Martin Walser's "Der Abstecher," premieres in Munich
29th - Freedom Riders attacked by white mob at bus station in Miss
29th - John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA
29th - Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit
30th - Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
30th - USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 77 of 77

1st - Anne Donovan, Ridgewood NJ, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)
1st - Kim Krizan, California, writer/actress (Slacker, Dazed & Confused)
1st - Magne Furuholmen, Oslo Norway, keyboardist/vocalist (Aha-Take on Me)
1st - Paul Jackson, cricketer (slow lefty bowler for Victoria & Queensland)
1st - Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish writer and novelist
1st - Calvin Johnson, American musician (Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System)
2nd - k.d. lang, [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, country singer
2nd - K.D. Lang, Canadian musician
3rd - David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret/mystic
3rd - Kari Michaelsen, NYC, actress (Katie-Gimme a Break)
4th - Carlos Espinosa, Mexico, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Philippine Open)
4th - Ralph Macchio, Huntington NY, actor (Karate Kid, 8 is Enough)
4th - Kathy Griffin, American comedian
4th - Daron Hagen, American composer
4th - Edward Knight, American composer
4th - Les Sampou, American musician
4th - Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer
5th - Charles O Hobaugh, Bar Harbor ME, Capt USMC/astronaut
5th - Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
6th - Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer
6th - Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
6th - Craig Goldy, guitarist for the band Dio
7th - Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
8th - Leif Garrett, Hollywood Cal, singer/actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road)
9th - Jill Dando, British television presenter (d. 1999)
10th - Junior, [Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say)
10th - Ramona Pagel, LA California, shot putter
10th - Rudolf Grimm, Austrian physics professor
10th - John Walton, English darts player
11th - Matt Ghaffari, Tehran Iran, US greco-roman wrestler (Oly-sil-92, 96)
11th - Steve Young, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
12th - Chela Quintana, Venezuela, LPGA golfer (8 time Venezuelan Amat Champ)
12th - Greg Gagne, Fall River MA, infielder (LA Dodgers)
12th - Nadia Comaneci, [Gheorghe], Romania, gymnist (1st 10/Olymp-gold-1976)
12th - Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
12th - Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
12th - Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
13th - Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary
14th - D B Sweeney, actor (Cutting Edge, Fire in the Sky, Day in October)
14th - Gordon Jennison Noice, American actor
15th - Ian Reid, Australian educator
16th - Frank Bruno, British boxer (European champ)
16th - Corinne Hermès, French singer
16th - Bruno Amato American actor
17th - Merete Van Kemp, Denmark, actress (Grace-Dallas, Princess Daisy)
17th - Robert Stethem, U.S. Navy Seabee diver murdered by terrorists on TWA Flight 847 (d. 1985)
18th - Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
19th - Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
Actress Meg Ryan (19th) 19th - Meg Ryan, Bethel Ct, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)
20th - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
20th - Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
20th - Dave Watson, English footballer
22nd - Joel Ashley Edwards, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1992 BC Open-2nd)
22nd - Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress (Personal Best, Civil Wars)
22nd - Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
22nd - Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
23rd - Merv Hughes, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert)
23rd - Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
24th - Carl Sundquist, Indianapolis Ind, cyclist (Olympics-96)
24th - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
24th - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
25th - Amy Gibson, actress (General Hospital)
25th - Kenny Monday, Tulsa Oklahoma, 163 lbs freestyles wrestler (Oly-88, 92, 96)
26th - Dave Hannan, Sudbury, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche)
26th - Marcy Walker, Paducah KY, actress (Liza-All My Child, Santa Barbara)
26th - Lisa Moretti, American professional wrestler
27th - Lee Johnson, NFL punter/kicker (Cin Bengals)
27th - Princess, rocker (Desirez Heslop, All For Love)
27th - Randy Milligan, baseball player
27th - Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian
28th - Jane Sibbett, actress (Teddy Z, Heddy Newman-Herman's Head)
28th - Patty Zomer, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
28th - Martin Clunes, British actor
28th - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
29th - Kim Delaney, Phila, actress (All My Children, Tour of Duty, NYPD Blue)
29th - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
30th - Innocent Egbunike, Nigeria, 4x400m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97
1st - Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38
2nd - James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at 66
7th - Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
13th - Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker Jr, Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63
13th - Wally Brown, actor (Jed Fame-Cimarron City), dies at 57
13th - Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
15th - Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51
15th - Elsie Ferguson, actress (Lie, Footlights, Scarlet Pages), dies at 76
16th - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
24th - Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
25th - Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
26th - Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer, dies at 86
30th - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80