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Month November 1961 Calendar

About Month of November Calendar

  • November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning nine) when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.

    November symbols: The birthstones of November are the topaz (particularly, yellow) which symbolizes friendship and the citrine. Its birth flower is the chrysanthemum. The zodiac signs for the month of November are Scorpio (until November 21) and Sagittarius (November 22 onwards).

Historical Events for November, 1961

  • Day of Week 1st » 50,000 women in 60 cities participate in the inaugural Women Strike for Peace (WSP) against nuclear proliferation.
  • Day of Week 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.
  • Day of Week 18th » United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
  • Day of Week 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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