August 1961 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1961 Benaud rips through England team for Aussie win at Old Trafford
• 02 Aug 1961 Cyrille Adula becomes Premier of Congo
• 04 Aug 1961 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14
• 05 Aug 1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Football League) 34-16 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• 06 Aug 1961 1st case of motion sickness in space reported
• 07 Aug 1961 Cosmonaut Gherman Titov circles Earth for a full day in Vostok 2
• 08 Aug 1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat the Buffalo Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
• 09 Aug 1961 James B Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court
• 10 Aug 1961 England applies for membership in the European Common Market.
• 11 Aug 1961 Warren Spahn records victory number 300, beats Chicago Cubs 2-1.
• 13 Aug 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
• 14 Aug 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game
• 15 Aug 1961 Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• 16 Aug 1961 250,000 West Berliners demonstrate against East Berlin
• 17 Aug 1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress
• 18 Aug 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed.
• 19 Aug 1961 US Vice President Lyndon B Johnson visits West Berlin
• 20 Aug 1961 Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
• 21 Aug 1961 Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
• 22 Aug 1961 Maris hits his 50th of 61 homers
• 23 Aug 1961 Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi
• 25 Aug 1961 Brazilian President Janio Quadros, resigns
• 26 Aug 1961 Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 28 Aug 1961 Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, ''Please Mr. Postman'' by The Marvelettes.
• 30 Aug 1961 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
• 31 Aug 1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms

Famous Birthday

• Barack Obama

  American President elected in 2008, lawyer, and civil rights activist.

• Billy Ray Cyrus

  American singer and actor.

• Tom Ford

  American fashion designer and businessman, Ford originally trained as an actor and then studied interior architecture at Parsons School of...

• Roland Orzabal

  British musician, songwriter and record producer.

• Daniela Lumbroso
• Karl Zéro

  French journalist, radio and TV presenter, known for addressing politicians as "tu" (the familiar form).

• The Edge (U2)
• Tawny Kitaen

  American actress.

• Susan Hay
• Hervé Morin

  French politician, leader of the New Center party and a former French Minister of Defence.

• Pascal Nègre

  French businessman, the current CEO of Universal Music France, president of the Civil Society of Phonographic Producers (French: la société...

• Ally Walker

  TV Actress.

• Daniel Lévi

  Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist.

• Suhasini (actress)
• Josée Deschênes
• Stéphane Richard

  French public servant and business manager, currently CEO of Orange (formerly called France Telecom).

• Dave Evans
• John Key

  38th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

• Ingrid Berghmans

  Belgian martial artist.

• Brian Conley

  English actor and singer.

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Famous Deaths

• Giovanni B Angioletti

  Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64.

• Eva JC Beck

  Actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63.

• Jozef E Van Roey

  Flemish Cardinal / Archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87.

• Franc N D Buchman

  US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83.

• Walter Bedell Smith

  US General / WWII Chief of Staff, dies at 75.

• Adeline De Walt Reynolds

  Actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78.

• Clarke Ashton Smith

  Sci-fi Author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68.

• Guido Alberto Fano

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Henri-Edouard-Prosper Breuil

  Priest / archaeologist.

• Carlos Leon Salzedo

  Composer, dies at 76.

• Leonhard Frank

  Writer, dies at 78.

• Charlie Gemora

  actor who portrayed King Kong, dies at age 58.

• Thomas Connolly

  first baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, dies.

• Vilhjalmur Stefansson

  Arctic explorer, dies at age 82.

• Antanas Skema

  Lithuanian writer, actor and director (Born 1910).

• Maulvi Abdul Haq

  Indian educator and linguist, Father of Modern Urdu (Born 1870).

• Sidney Holland

  New Zealand lieutenant and politician 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1961).

• Mei Lanfang

  Chinese opera performer (Born 1894).

• Learned Hand

  Chief judge of US Court of Appeals, dies at age 89.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
2. Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart
3. Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That, Part 1
4. Brook Benton - The Boll Weevil Song
5. Mar-Keys - Last Night

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know
2. John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
3. Eden Kane - Well I Ask You
4. Shirley Bassey - Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain
5. Petula Clark - Romeo