April 1961 calendar

April 1961
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1961.
The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1961: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1961?

Events

01 Apr 1961 Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye
03 Apr 1961 Happiest Girl in the World opens at Martin Beck NYC for 97 performances
05 Apr 1961 Barbra Streisand appears on Jack Paar Show
08 Apr 1961 British liner Dara explodes in Persian Gulf, kills 236
09 Apr 1961 The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
10 Apr 1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
11 Apr 1961 Adolf Eichmann trial begins in Israel
12 Apr 1961 Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin becomes 1st person to orbit Earth
13 Apr 1961 Carnival! opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 719 performances
14 Apr 1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered.
15 Apr 1961 Music Man closes at Majestic Theater in New York City after 1375 performances.
16 Apr 1961 15th Tony Awards: Becket and Bye Bye Birdie win.
17 Apr 1961 33rd Academy Awards - Apartment, Burt Lancaster and Elizabeth Taylor win.
18 Apr 1961 CONCP is founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule.
19 Apr 1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39.
20 Apr 1961 American Harold Graham makes first rocket belt flight.
21 Apr 1961 French army revolts in Algeria
22 Apr 1961 Uprising of French parachutist of General Salan/Challe in Algeria.
23 Apr 1961 Tenderloin closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 216 performances
24 Apr 1961 JFK accepts sole responsibility following Bay of Pigs
25 Apr 1961 Mercury / Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
26 Apr 1961 Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
27 Apr 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays.
28 Apr 1961 Lt Col Gueorgui Mossolov takes E-66A to 34,714 m altitude
30 Apr 1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington DC, Boston and NYC begin