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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

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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

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in April 1961?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Surrender
  2. - Blue Moon
  3. - Runaway
  4. - Pony Time
  5. - Apache

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Wooden Heart
  2. - Blue Moon
  3. - Are You Sure
  4. - You're Driving Me Crazy
  5. - Lazy River

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Yojimbo

Yojimbo

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa

Country: United States of America

The Guns of Navarone

The Guns of Navarone

Release year: 1961

Directed by: J. Lee Thompson

Starring: David Niven, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Quayle

Country: United States of America

Scream of Fear

Scream of Fear

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Seth Holt

Starring: Susan Strasberg, Ann Todd, Ronald Lewis, Christopher Lee

Parrish

Parrish

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Delmer Daves

Starring: Claudette Colbert, Troy Donahue, Karl Malden, Dean Jagger

The Beast of Yucca Flats

The Beast of Yucca Flats

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Coleman Francis

Starring: Douglas Mellor, Barbara Francis, Bing Stafford, Larry Aten

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in April 1961?
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Stay Young And Vital by Bob Cummings

Stay Young And Vital

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Please take a minute to read the following facts about your product. *** .........IN FANTASTIC SHAPE.. HARDCOVER/DUST JACKET/THIRD EDITION 1961.........JUST SOME LIGHT SHELF WEAR ON THE BACK COVER......PAGES

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall by Gayelord Hauser

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: A Call to Beauty by Gayelord Houser

Dr. Tom Dooley'S Three Great Books by Dr. Tom Dooley

Dr. Tom Dooley'S Three Great Books

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Three Great Books by Dr. Tom Dooley, 1960. Compilation - Three novels in one: Deliver Us from Evil, The Edge of Tomorrow, and The Night They Burned the Mountain.

The Secret Of The Kingdom by Mika Waltari

The Secret Of The Kingdom

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1961 by Mika Waltari - A Novel

Ring Of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell

Ring Of Bright Water

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The story of Gavin Maxwell and his life with otters off the west coast of Scotland was hailed as a masterpiece in 1960. It remains one of the most beloved books.