What Happened In November 1961 In History

Historical Events for November, 1961

• 1st » 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
• 11th » Thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) or the Congo as a part of the United Nations Operation in the Congo named UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity.
• 18th » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
• 29th » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission Enos (chimpanzee) known as Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1961

• 1st » Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter
• 1st » Nicky Grist, Welsh race car driver
• 1st » Calvin Johnson (musician) or Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Microphones, Cool Rays, and The Go Team)
• 1st » Kim Krizan, American actress and screenwriter
• 2nd » k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 2nd » Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach
• 3rd » David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, English businessman
• 3rd » Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
• 4th » Daron Hagen, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 4th » Edward Knight (composer) e.g Edward Knight, American composer and academic
• 4th » Ralph Macchio, American actor
• 4th » Jeff Probst, American television host and producer
• 4th » Steve Rotheram, English politician, Lord Mayor of Liverpool
• 4th » Les Sampou, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 4th » Nigel Worthington, Irish footballer and manager
• 5th » Intesar Al-Sharah, Kuwaiti actress
• 5th » Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (d. 2001)
• 5th » Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2012)
• 6th » Craig Goldy, American guitarist (Dio (band) e.g Dio, Giuffria, and Rough Cutt)
• 6th » Florent Pagny, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 7th » Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach
• 8th » Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
• 8th » Leif Garrett, American singer and actor
• 8th » Enn Rajasaar, Estonian architect
• 9th » Jill Dando, English journalist (d. 1999)
• 10th » Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic
• 10th » John Walton (darts player) or John Walton, English darts player
• 12th » Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast
• 12th » Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
• 12th » Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
• 14th » Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995)
• 14th » Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
• 14th » D. B. Sweeney, American actor
• 14th » Brett Walker, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 15th » Metin Kaçan, Turkish author (d. 2013)
• 16th » Frank Bruno, English boxer
• 16th » Corinne Hermès, French singer
• 17th » Robert Stethem, American soldier (d. 1985)
• 17th » Pat Toomey, American businessman and politician
• 18th » Nick Chinlund, American actor
• 18th » Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist (Vixen (band) named Vixen) (d. 2013)
• 18th » Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter and producer
• 19th » Jim L. Mora, American football player and coach
• 19th » Meg Ryan, American actress and producer
• 20th » Jim Brickman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 20th » Tim Harvey, English race car driver
• 20th » Larry Karaszewski, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Dave Watson, English footballer and manager
• 22nd » Mariel Hemingway, American actress
• 22nd » Stephen Hough, English-Australian pianist and composer
• 22nd » Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer and author
• 23rd » Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
• 23rd » Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 23rd » Peter Stanford, English journalist and author
• 24th » Carlos Carnero, Spanish politician
• 24th » Arundhati Roy, Indian author and activist
• 25th » Paul Comstive, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 26th » Ivory (wrestler) or Ivory, American wrestler
• 26th » Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
• 26th » Marcy Walker, American minister and actress
• 27th » Samantha Bond, English actress
• 27th » Steve Oedekerk, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 28th » Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director
• 28th » Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
• 28th » John Fenty, English businessman
• 28th » Jane Sibbett, American actress and producer
• 29th » Kim Delaney, American actress and producer
• 29th » Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese bass player (Loudness (band) called Loudness)

Famous Deaths for November 1961

• 2nd » James Thurber, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 6th » Harry DeBaecke, American rower (b. 1879)
• 13th » Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (b. 1897)
• 15th » Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
• 16th » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 24th » Ruth Chatterton, American actress and singer (b. 1893)
• 25th » Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)

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