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1961 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2034. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1961 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1961
- February 15, 1961 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- April 11, 1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
- April 20, 1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.
- May 14, 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
- May 25, 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a “man on the Moon” before the end of the decade.
- August 25, 1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
- September 7, 1961 – João Goulart becomes President of Brazil.
- September 15, 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
- September 18, 1961 – The NAFC and CCCF merge into CONCACAF.
- October 31, 1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin’s body is removed from Vladimir Lenin’s Tomb.
Who Were Born On 1961?
- January 22, 1961 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (d. 2010)
- March 19, 1961 – Jos Lansink, Dutch-Belgian horse rider
- April 21, 1961 – Neale Marmon, English-German footballer, coach, and manager
- May 3, 1961 – Leyla Zana, Kurdish activist and politician
- May 5, 1961 – Rob Williams, American basketball player (d. 2014)
- May 17, 1961 – Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (Clannad)
- August 19, 1961 – Cor Bakker, Dutch pianist and radio host
- August 21, 1961 – David Morales, American DJ and producer
- August 24, 1961 – Ingrid Berghmans, Belgian martial artist
- September 21, 1961 – Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (d. 2014)