October 1961 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Dylan McDermott

  American actor best known for his performance on the hit TV show "The Practice," a legal drama and McDermott’s first starring role in a...

• Chad Smith

  American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers).

• Peter Jackson

  New Zealander film maker and Oscar-winning director for his movie trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings" based on the J.R.

• Marc Lévy
• Larry Mullen Jr
• Marina Carrère d'Encausse

  French TV presenter of the national medical program, radiologist and ultrasound, daughter of historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.

• Martin Kemp

  British musician and actor, the bass player for Spandau Ballet, an 80s era British band, best known for their ballad, "True".

• Xavier de Fontenay
• Myriam Fox-Jérusalmi
• Philippe Decouflé

  French modern dancer and choreographer.

• Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)
• Jade (radio host)
• Wynton Marsalis

  American trumpet player composer and educator.

• Seth Adonkor
• Carol Costello
• Isaac Mizrahi

  American celebrity and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is best-known for his line of stylish, low-cost clothing for Target department stores;...

• Derek Harper

  NBA guard (NY Knicks, Orlando Magic).

• Kalman Daniel Toth
• John McKay-Clements

  Canadian astrologer, a student from 1982 and pro from 1993, counseling and collecting data.

• Tim Belcher

  American baseball player, a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.

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Famous Deaths

• Donald Cook

  Actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60.

• Leonard "Chico" Marx

  Comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74.

• Benjamin Merkelbach

  Architect / city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60.

• John Axel Fernstrom

  Composer, dies at 63.

• Nils J E Ferlin

  Swedish songwriter (Goggles).

• Milan Stoyadinovich

  Fascist Yugoslavia Prime Minister (1935-39), dies at 73.

• Milan Stojadinovic

  Premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73.

• Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)

  Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (Born 1880).

• Louis Rwagasore

  Burundi politician (Born 1932).

• Harriet Shaw Weaver

  English political activist (Born 1876).

• Luigi Einaudi

  Italian politician and economist.

• Paul Ramadier

  French politician of the Third and Fourth Republics.

• Peter Jensen

  co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at age 75.

• Chico Marx

  American comedian who was a star of both stage and films.

• Tsuru Aoki

  Japanese-born American actress (Born 1892).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bobby Vee - Take Good Care Of My Baby
2. Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
3. Dion - Runaround Sue
4. Dick and DeeDee - The Mountain's High
5. Roy Orbison - Crying

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Helen Shapiro - Walking Back To Happiness
2. The Highwaymen - Michael
3. The Shadows - Kon-Tiki
4. Billy Fury - Jealousy
5. Cleo Laine - You'll Answer To Me