October 1961 calendar

October 1961
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1961: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1961?

Events

01 Oct 1961 KGIN TV channel 11 in Grand Island, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
02 Oct 1961 Ben Casey premieres on NBC-TV
03 Oct 1961 Dick Van Dyke Show premieres on CBS-TV
05 Oct 1961 China and Nepal sign treaty
06 Oct 1961 JFK advises Americans to build fallout shelters
07 Oct 1961 Bye Bye Birdie closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 607 performances
08 Oct 1961 US Constellation crashes at Richmond Virginia, 74 die
09 Oct 1961 US members of communist party obliged to report themselves to Police
10 Oct 1961 Milk & Honey opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 543 performances
11 Oct 1961 US Air Force Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m.
12 Oct 1961 The death penalty is abolished in New Zealand.
14 Oct 1961 How to Succeed in Business opens at 46th St. NYC for 1415 performances
17 Oct 1961 22nd Congress of CPSU opens in Moscow
18 Oct 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
19 Oct 1961 The Arab League takes over protecting Kuwait the last British troops leave.
21 Oct 1961 Barbra Striesand opens in Another Evening with Harry Stones
22 Oct 1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
23 Oct 1961 Kwamina opens at 54th St. Theater NYC for 32 performances
24 Oct 1961 Evening with Yves Montand opens at John Golden NYC for 55 performances
25 Oct 1961 The first edition of ''Private Eye'', the British satirical magazine, is published.
26 Oct 1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test
27 Oct 1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya and Sary Shagan USSR
28 Oct 1961 Fiorello! closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 796 performances
29 Oct 1961 Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
30 Oct 1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb
31 Oct 1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal
01 Oct 1961 The United States Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.