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Month August 1961 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

    August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1961

  • Day of Week 3rd » The New Democratic Party (Canada) known as New Democratic Party of Canada is founded by the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian Labour Congress.
  • Day of Week 10th » First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the United States Army or U.S. Army.
  • Day of Week 11th » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra DNH e.g Dadra and Nagar Haveli DNH called Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  • Day of Week 15th » Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
  • Day of Week 21st » Motown releases what would be its first 1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
  • Day of Week 22nd » Ida Siekmann dies attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1961

  • 2nd » Cold 187um, American rapper and producer (Above the Law (group) known as Above the Law)
  • 2nd » Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer and producer (Echo & the Bunnymen) (d. 1989)
  • 3rd » Molly Hagan, American actress
  • 3rd » Nick Harvey, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
  • 3rd » Lee Rocker, American bassist (Stray Cats)
  • 4th » Eddie James, American murderer and sex offender
  • 4th » Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate
  • 4th » Peter Reichert, German footballer
  • 4th » Lauren Tom, American actress and singer
  • 5th » Roly Keating, English businessman
  • 5th » Tawny Kitaen, American actress
  • 5th » Janet McTeer, English actress
  • 5th » Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
  • 5th » Tim Wilson (comedian) or Tim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
  • 6th » Cara Lott, American porn actress and model
  • 6th » Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
  • 7th » Brian Conley, English actor and singer
  • 7th » Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast
  • 7th » Walter Swinburn, English jockey and trainer
  • 7th » Maggie Wheeler, American actress
  • 8th » The Edge, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (U2)
  • 8th » Daniel House, American bass player and producer (10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard)
  • 8th » Ron Klain, American lawyer, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
  • 8th » Bruce Matthews (American football) known as Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
  • 8th » Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison (American band) or Poison)
  • 8th » Annemieke Verdoorn, Dutch actress
  • 8th » Simon Weston, Welsh soldier
  • 9th » Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
  • 9th » John Key, New Zealand politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • 9th » Amy Stiller, American actress
  • 10th » Jon Farriss, Australian drummer (INXS)
  • 11th » David Brooks (journalist) named David Brooks, American journalist and author
  • 11th » Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
  • 11th » Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000)
  • 12th » Roy Hay (musician) or Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Culture Club)
  • 12th » Lawrence Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Felt (band) called Felt, Denim (band) named Denim, and Go Kart Mozart)
  • 12th » Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
  • 13th » Chad Brown (poker player) or Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (d. 2014)
  • 13th » Sam Champion, American journalist
  • 13th » Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
  • 13th » Dawnn Lewis, American actress and singer
  • 13th » Stuart Maconie, English journalist and author
  • 13th » Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
  • 13th » Tom Perrotta, American author
  • 13th » Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
  • 13th » Tomasz Starzewski, English fashion designer
  • 13th » Cary Stayner, American serial killer
  • 14th » Eddie Gilbert (wrestler) e.g Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
  • 14th » Susan Olsen, American actress and singer
  • 15th » Ed Gillespie, American strategist and politician
  • 15th » Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
  • 15th » Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
  • 15th » Arjun Sarja, Indian actor and director
  • 16th » Michaela Dornonville de la Cour, Swedish singer and actress (Army of Lovers)
  • 16th » Christian Okoye, American football player
  • 16th » Angela C. Smith, English politician
  • 17th » Larry B. Scott, American actor, director, and producer
  • 18th » Huw Edwards (journalist) named Huw Edwards, Welsh journalist
  • 18th » Timothy Geithner, American banker and politician, 75th United States Secretary of the Treasury
  • 18th » Glenn Plummer, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 18th » Birol Ünel, Turkish-German actor
  • 18th » Bob Woodruff, American journalist
  • 19th » Cor Bakker, Dutch pianist
  • 19th » Jonathan Coe, English author and academic
  • 20th » Amanda Sonia Berry, English businesswoman
  • 20th » Greg Egan, Australian author
  • 20th » Joe Pasquale, English comedian and game show host
  • 21st » V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 21st » Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
  • 21st » David Morales, American DJ and producer
  • 21st » Peter Slaghuis, Dutch DJ and producer (d. 1991)
  • 22nd » Andrés Calamaro, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Los Abuelos de la Nada and Los Rodríguez)
  • 22nd » Iain Coucher, English businessman
  • 22nd » Roland Orzabal, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate (band) called Graduate)
  • 22nd » Debbi Peterson, American singer and drummer (The Bangles and Kindred Spirit (band) or Kindred Spirit)
  • 23rd » Dean DeLeo, American guitarist (Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show (band) called Talk Show, and Army of Anyone)
  • 23rd » Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
  • 23rd » Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
  • 23rd » Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
  • 24th » Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian martial artist
  • 24th » Jared Harris, English actor
  • 25th » Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 26th » Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 26th » Jeff Parrett, American baseball player
  • 27th » Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress
  • 27th » Mark Curry (television presenter) called Mark Curry, English television host and actor
  • 27th » Tom Ford, American fashion designer, actor, and director
  • 27th » Mark McConnell, American drummer (Blackfoot (band) or Blackfoot, Madam X (band) named Madam X, and Southern Rock Allstars) (d. 2012)
  • 27th » Urmas Muru, Estonian architect
  • 27th » Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer
  • 28th » Kim Appleby, English singer-songwriter and actress (Mel and Kim)
  • 28th » Cliff Benson, American football player
  • 28th » Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
  • 28th » Ian Pont, English cricketer and coach
  • 28th » Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director
  • 29th » Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player
  • 29th » Rodney McCray (basketball) named Rodney McCray, American basketball player
  • 31st » Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author

Famous Deaths for August 1961

  • 8th » Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera singer and actor (b. 1894)
  • 10th » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
  • 11th » Antanas Škėma, Polish-American actor, director, playwright, and author (b. 1910)
  • 16th » Abdul Haq (Urdu scholar) named Abdul Haq, Indian linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
  • 20th » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
  • 24th » Günter Litfin, German person that was Deaths at the Berlin Wall named shot at the Berlin Wall (b. 1937)
  • 27th » Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Hungarian actor and educator (b. 1873)

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