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What Happened In April 1961 In History

Historical Events for April, 1961

  • 8th » A large explosion on board the MV known as Dara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
  • 9th » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
  • 11th » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
  • 12th » The Soviet Union known as Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok spacecraft known as Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).
  • 17th » Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the Central Intelligence Agency called CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
  • 18th » The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, is adopted.
  • 18th » Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas e.g CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portugal named Portuguese colonial rule.
  • 20th » Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
  • 23rd » Algiers putsch by French generals.
  • 25th » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
  • 27th » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Heads of Government of Sierra Leone called Prime Minister.
  • 30th » 'Soviet submarine K-19 K-19', the first Soviet Union Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with Submarine-launched ballistic missile nuclear missiles, is ship commissioning commissioned.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1961

  • 1st » Susan Boyle, Scottish singer and actress
  • 1st » Mark White (musician) or Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (ABC (band) or ABC)
  • 2nd » Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Christopher Meloni, American actor
  • 2nd » Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter (Bananarama)
  • 3rd » Eddie Murphy, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 4th » Tom Byron, American porn actor and director
  • 4th » Hildi Santo-Tomas, American interior decorator
  • 5th » Jim LeRoy, American pilot (d. 2007)
  • 5th » Lisa Zane, American actress and singer
  • 6th » Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter
  • 6th » Peter Jackson (footballer born 1961) e.g Peter Jackson, English footballer and manager
  • 7th » Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor
  • 7th » Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
  • 7th » Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
  • 8th » Élise Guilbault, Canadian actress
  • 8th » Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant) called Richard Hatch, American reality contestant, winner of 'Survivor: Borneo'
  • 8th » Brian McDermott (footballer) known as Brian McDermott, English footballer and manager
  • 9th » Mark Kelly (keyboardist) called Mark Kelly, Irish keyboard player (Marillion and DeeExpus)
  • 9th » Kirk McCaskill, Canadian-American baseball and hockey player
  • 10th » Nicky Campbell, Scottish journalist and game show host
  • 10th » Joe Cole (roadie) called Joe Cole, American roadie and author (d. 1991)
  • 11th » Vincent Gallo, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (d. 1993)
  • 12th » Enedina Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord
  • 12th » Corrado Fabi, Italian race car driver
  • 12th » Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer-songwriter (Dead Can Dance)
  • 12th » Charles Mann (American football) e.g Charles Mann, American football player
  • 12th » Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress
  • 13th » Hiro Yamamoto, American bass player and songwriter (Soundgarden and Truly)
  • 14th » Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor
  • 14th » Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter
  • 15th » Neil Carmichael (Conservative politician) e.g Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician
  • 16th » Doris Dragović, Croatian singer-songwriter
  • 17th » Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader
  • 17th » Boomer Esiason, American football player and sportscaster
  • 17th » Bella Freud, English fashion designer
  • 18th » Kelly Hansen, American singer-songwriter (Foreigner (band) named Foreigner and Hurricane (band) or Hurricane)
  • 18th » Jane Leeves, English actress and dancer
  • 18th » Steve Lombardi, American wrestler and agent
  • 18th » John Podhoretz, American journalist and author
  • 19th » Spike Owen, American baseball player and coach
  • 19th » Richard Phelps (pentathlete) named Richard Phelps, English pentathlete
  • 20th » Konstantin Lavronenko, Russian actor
  • 20th » Nicholas Lyndhurst, English actor
  • 20th » Don Mattingly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 20th » Corrado Micalef, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 20th » Barry Smolin, American radio host and composer
  • 21st » Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress and singer
  • 21st » Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower
  • 21st » Carey Hayes, American screenwriter and producer
  • 21st » Chad Hayes (writer) or Chad Hayes, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 21st » Neale Marmon, English-German footballer, coach, and manager
  • 21st » David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011)
  • 22nd » Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer (d. 1996)
  • 22nd » Ann McKechin, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 22nd » Dewey Nicks, American photographer and director
  • 23rd » Dirk Bach, German actor (d. 2012)
  • 23rd » Terry Gordy, American wrestler (d. 2001)
  • 23rd » George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
  • 23rd » Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
  • 24th » Andrew Murrison, English physician and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
  • 26th » Joan Chen, Chinese actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 26th » Chris Mars, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (The Replacements (band) known as The Replacements and Golden Smog)
  • 27th » Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia
  • 28th » Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
  • 28th » Anna Oxa, Italian singer
  • 29th » Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese voice actor
  • 30th » Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Famous Deaths for April 1961

  • 4th » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
  • 6th » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
  • 9th » Zog of Albania (b. 1895)
  • 13th » John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
  • 16th » Carl Hovland, American psychologist (b. 1912)
  • 16th » Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (b. 1961)
  • 19th » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
  • 25th » Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)
  • 27th » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
  • 29th » Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)

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