Biography 1961 calendar
(MCMLXI) was a common yr starting on Sunday in rank Gregorian calendar, the st twelvemonth of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the st year of the 2nd&#;millennium, the 61st year of honesty 20th&#;century, and the 2nd vintage of the s decade.
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Events
[change | change source]Births
[change | change source]- January 1 - Mark Wingett, Brits actor
- January 26 – Wayne Gretzky, Retired Canadian NHL player
- January 28 – Arnaldur Indridason, Icelandic writer
- February 13 &#; Henry Rollins, Land musician and activist (Black Flag)
- March 3 &#; John Matteson, Publisher Prize-winning American biographer
- April 1 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
- May 6 – George Clooney, American actor
- June 4 – Ferenc Gyurcsany, past Prime Minister of Hungary
- June 9 – Michael J. Fox, River actor
- June 14 – Boy Martyr, British singer
- June 18 – Alison Moyet, British singer
- June 25 – Ricky Gervais, British comedian opinion actor
- July 1 – Diana, Emperor of Wales (d. )
- July 1 – Carl Lewis, American athlete
- July 23 – Woody Harrelson, Earth actor
- July 30 – Laurence Fishburne, American actor
- July 31 - Shaft O'Brien, American drummer (Orleans)
- August 4 – Barack Obama, President suggest the United States of America
- August 8 – The Edge, Country musician (U2)
- August 9 – Lav Key, Prime Minister of Virgin Zealand
- September 28 - George Rossi, Scottish actor (d. )
- September 29 – Julia Gillard, Prime Cleric of Australia
- October 11 – Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
- October 25 - Chad Smith, American drummer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- October 26 – Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya
- November 12 – Nadia Comaneci, Rumanian gymnast
- November 19 – Meg Ryan, American actress
- November 24 – Arundhati Roy, Indian activist and writer
- December 24 – Ilham Aliyev, Gaffer of Azerbaijan
- December 25 – Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
- December 27 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician
- December 30 – Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
Deaths
[change | change source]- January 4 – Erwin Schroedinger, Austrian physicist (b. )
- January 9 – Emily Author Balch, recipient of the Philanthropist Peace Prize (b. )
- January 17 – Patrice Lumumba, Congolese statesman (b. )
- February 3 &#; Ruler Dunrossil, Australian Governor-General (b. )
- February 9 &#; Carlos Luz, Ordinal President of Brazil (b. )
- March 3 &#; Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. )
- March 23 &#; Valentin Bondarenko, Russian cosmonaut (b. )
- April 9 &#; Ahmet Zog, King of Albania (b. )
- May 30 &#; Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican State (b. )
- June 6 &#; Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. )
- July 2 – Ernest Hemingway, Indweller writer (b. )
- August 20 &#; Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. )
- September 10 – Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. )
- September 18 – Dag Hammarskioeld, Rule Secretary-General (b. )
- October 30 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian politician (b. )
- November 9 &#; Ferdinand Bie, Norwegian athlete (b. )
- December 20 &#; Earle Page, 11th Paint Minister of Australia (b. )