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1961
(
MCMLXI
)
was a
common year
starting on Sunday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1961st year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 961st year of the
2nd millennium
, the 61st year of the
20th century
, and the 2nd year of the
1960s
decade. Its rendering using the Hindu-Arabic numeral system creates a numeral which looks the same when put upside down. The next such year will be 6009.
Construction of
Berlin Wall
Henry Rollins
in 2003
- January 26
?
Wayne Gretzky
, Retired Canadian
NHL
player
- January 28
?
Arnaldur Indridason
, Icelandic writer
- February 13
–
Henry Rollins
, American musician and activist (
Black Flag
)
- March 3
–
John Matteson
, Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer
- April 1
?
Susan Boyle
, Scottish singer
- May 6
?
George Clooney
, American actor
- June 4
?
Ferenc Gyurcsany
, former Prime Minister of
Hungary
- June 9
?
Michael J. Fox
, Canadian actor
- June 14
?
Boy George
, British singer
- June 18
?
Alison Moyet
, British singer
- June 25
?
Ricky Gervais
, British comedian and actor
- July 1
?
Diana, Princess of Wales
(d.
1997
)
- July 1
?
Carl Lewis
, American athlete
- July 23
?
Woody Harrelson
, American actor
- July 30
?
Laurence Fishburne
, American actor
- July 31
-
Peter O'Brien
, American drummer (
Orleans
)
- August 4
?
Barack Obama
, President of the
United States of America
- August 8
?
The Edge
, Irish musician (
U2
)
- August 9
?
John Key
, Prime Minister of
New Zealand
- September 28
-
George Rossi
, Scottish actor (d.
2022
)
- September 29
?
Julia Gillard
,
Prime Minister 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
, Romanian gymnast
- November 19
?
Meg Ryan
, American actress
- November 24
?
Arundhati Roy
, Indian activist and writer
- December 24
?
Ilham Aliyev
, President of
Azerbaijan
- December 25
?
Ingrid Betancourt
, Colombian senator
- December 27
?
Guido Westerwelle
, German politician
- December 30
?
Ben Johnson
, Canadian athlete
- January 4
?
Erwin Schroedinger
, Austrian physicist (b.
1887
)
- January 9
?
Emily Greene Balch
, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(b.
1867
)
- January 17
?
Patrice Lumumba
, Congolese politician (b.
1925
)
- February 3
–
Viscount Dunrossil
, Australian Governor-General (b.
1893
)
- February 9
–
Carlos Luz
, 19th
President of Brazil
(b.
1894
)
- March 3
–
Paul Wittgenstein
, Austrian-born pianist (b.
1887
)
- March 23
–
Valentin Bondarenko
, Russian
cosmonaut
(b.
1937
)
- April 9
–
Ahmet Zog
,
King of Albania
(b.
1895
)
- May 30
–
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
,
President of the Dominican Republic
(b.
1891
)
- June 6
–
Carl Jung
, Swiss psychiatrist (b.
1875
)
- July 2
?
Ernest Hemingway
, American writer (b.
1899
)
- August 20
–
Percy Williams Bridgman
, American physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1882
)
- September 10
?
Wolfgang von Trips
, German racing driver (b.
1928
)
- September 18
?
Dag Hammarskioeld
,
UN
Secretary-General (b.
1905
)
- October 30
?
Luigi Einaudi
, Italian politician (b.
1874
)
- November 9
–
Ferdinand Bie
, Norwegian athlete (b.
1888
)
- December 20
–
Earle Page
, 11th
Prime Minister of Australia
(b.
1880
)
George Chakiris
in West Side Story
Patsy Cline
in 1957
Harper Lee
in 2007
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