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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1961 |
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In The News In 1961
John F. Kennedy is inaugurated President of the United States.
An estimated 1,200 anti-Castro exiles aided by U.S. make a failed
invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs.
Navy Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. becomes the first U.S. spaceman
after rocketing 118 mi above the earth . Hurricane
"Carla" wipes out Texas gulf cities claiming 46 lives.
Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin makes the first manned space
flight. |
Entertainment in 1961
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Ivo Andric - Yugoslavia
* Best Selling Fiction - The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - The New English Bible: The New
Testament
* Best Picture - West Side Story, UA
* Best Director - Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, West Side Story
* Best Actress - Sophia Loren, Two Women
* Best Actor - Maximillian Schell, Judgment at Nuremberg |
Sport champions in
1961
* MLB - New York Yankees
* NFL - Green Bay Packers
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Chicago Blackhawks
* NCAA-Basketball - Cincinnati
* KY Derby - Carry Back
* U.S. Open Golf - Gene Littler
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Roy Emerson
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Darlene Ha |
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