June 1961 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1961?

Events

01 Jun 1961 FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard
03 Jun 1961 Wildcat closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 172 performances
04 Jun 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open
08 Jun 1961 English Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, weds Katharine Worsley
09 Jun 1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
11 Jun 1961 Winston Churchill, last airs on ABC-TV
12 Jun 1961 An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn
13 Jun 1961 Billy Barnes People opens at Royale Theater NYC for 8 performances
14 Jun 1961 106 degrees F, hottest temperature in San Francisco, California.
15 Jun 1961 Expansion Washingston Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
16 Jun 1961 Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
17 Jun 1961 Billy Barnes People closes at Royale Theater NYC after 8 performances
18 Jun 1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
19 Jun 1961 Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) by Coasters peaks at #23
22 Jun 1961 Moise Tshombe is released for lack of evidence of connection to the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
23 Jun 1961 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
24 Jun 1961 Happiest Girl in the World closes at Martin Beck NYC after 97 performances
25 Jun 1961 Baltimore Orioles and California Angels use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 innings.
27 Jun 1961 Kuwait requests British help the United Kingdom sends in troops.
28 Jun 1961 Phils and SF set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie
29 Jun 1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3).
30 Jun 1961 Explorer 12 fails to reach Earth orbit.

Famous Birthday

Michael J Fox
Canadian-born actor.
Boy George
British musician, the lead singer with the rock group "Culture Club.
Ricky Gervais
English comedian, actor and writer.
Manu Chao
French singer, he founded the band "La Mano Negra".
Alison Moyet
British singer and recording artist whose peak success in the UK ran from May 1982 for three years when her work appeared on the charts.
Jennifer Coolidge
American actress and comedian, known for playing "Stifler's mom", a role prominent in the American Pie films; Paulette, the manicurist in...
Jimmy Somerville
Scottish singer, the former lead of "Bronski Beat" and "Communards.
Laurent Boutonnat
French record producer who showcases Mylene Farmer in her great production numbers.
Tom Araya
Chilean musician (Slayer).
Aaron Sorkin
American screenwriter producer and playwright.
Kimberlin Brown
American actress.
Iain Glen
Scottish actor who won the Silver Bear Award in 1990 at the Berlin International Film Festival for his portrayal of the murderer Larry...
Curt Smith
English singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Tears for Fears and Graduate).
Albert Elbaz
Kym Whitley
TV Actress.
Denis Lavant
Greg LeMond
American cyclist.
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Hungarian businessman and politician 6th Prime Minister of Hungary.
Laurent Grévill
Kim Deal
American singer-songwriter and bass player (Pixies The Breeders and The Amps).
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Famous Deaths

Lee de Forest
Inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87.
Kenneth F Fearing
United States -- Poet (Afternoon of a pawnbroker), dies at 58.
Paul (II) Guilfoyle
Actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58.
Betty Elder
Actress (Annie Get Your Gun).
Peter H "Paul" Huf
Actor / director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70.
Robert Griffith
Producer of Pajama Game.
Jeff Chandler [Ira Grossel]
Actor (Away all boats), dies at 40.
George S Kaufman
American playwright (Born 1889).
Lee DeForest
American inventor (Born 1873).
Ioannis Theotokis
Greek politician, 146th Prime Minister of Greece (Born 1880).
Giulio Cabianca
Italian racing driver (Born 1923).
Maria of Yugoslavia
Romanian-born Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (Born 1900).
Camille Guerin
French scientist, a physician and microbiologist.
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist and author, noted as being an outstanding influence in the development of the theory and practice of analytical...
Ben Jones
Missouri, United States -- Whirlaway), dies at 79.
Marcel Junod
Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961).
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