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Kuwait
United Kingdom
...
140763
Sierra Leone
United Kingdom
...
145811
Tanzania
United Kingdom
...
105044
Barack Obama
in
Honolulu
...
745723
Aretha Franklin
Ted White
in 1961
...
713594
Garcia Marquez. Gabriel
No One Writes to the Colonel
in 1961
...
310152
Gunter Grass
Cat and Mouse
in 1961
...
287692
Iris Murdoch
A Severed Head
in 1961
...
276491
J. D. Salinger
Franny and Zooey
in 1961
...
302876
Janet Frame
Faces in the water
in 1961
...
301642
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
in 1961
...
287702
Juan Carlos Onetti
The Shipyard
in 1961
...
339872
Maya Angelou
Vusumzi Make
in 1961
...
715464
Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
in 1961
...
339772
Robert Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land
in 1961
...
338752
Stanislav Lem
Solaris
in 1961
...
338428
Xos? Neira Vilas
Memoirs of a Peasant Boy
in 1961
...
308907
Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
in 1961
...
9447
Cuba
Eritrean War of Independence
in 1961
...
9448
Eritrean Liberation Front
Eritrean War of Independence
in 1961
...
9472
Eritrean Peoples Liberation Fr
Eritrean War of Independence
in 1961
...
9473
Ethiopia
Eritrean War of Independence
in 1961
...
9450
India
Invasion of Goa
in 1961
...
9453
KDP
First Kurdish?Iraqi War
in 1961
...
9481
Maya Angelou
Cairo
in 1961
...
715465
South Africa
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War
in 1961
...
9458
Tunisia
Bizerte crisis
in 1961
...
9460
UNITA
Part of the Portuguese Colonial War
in 1961
...
9489
Space Needle, Seatle
...
736400
Nelson Mandela
Umkhonto we Sizwe
...
400008
Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
in 1961
...
9449
India
Invasion of Goa
in 1961
...
9454
Part of the Portuguese Colonia
in 1961
...
9485
Part of the Portuguese Colonia
in 1961
...
9486
Tunisia
Bizerte crisis
in 1961
...
9461
Daniel Dale Johnston
in
California
American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist.
...
749327
Fidel Castro
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
...
714067
Don Wilson
...
132299
Berlin Wall
in
Berlin
A barrier that divided Berlin. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany),
...
748715
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
...
368119
?Breakfast at Tiffanys?
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in 1961
...
280801
?Sky Above and Mud Beneath, directed by?Pierre-Dom
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in 1961
...
280004
?West Side Story
Academy Award for Best Sound
in 1961
...
282372
?West Side Story
Academy Award for Best Director
in 1961
...
279748
Al Hirt
Hes the King and His Band
in 1961
...
236800
Al Hirt
The Greatest Horn in the World
in 1961
...
236799
Benjamin Britten
War Requiem
in 1961
...
236517
Bill Haley & His Comets
Twist
in 1961
...
236833
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bikini Twist
in 1961
...
236780
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Is a Lover
in 1961
...
236783
Bohuslav Martinu
Greek Passion
in 1961
...
236510
Brenda Lee
Emotions
in 1961
...
236794
Cliff Richard
Listen to Cliff
in 1961
...
236807
Cliff Richard
21 Today
in 1961
...
236832
Connie Francis
Connie At The Copa
in 1961
...
236787
Dalida
Loin de Moi
in 1961
...
236808
DeSoto
in 1961
...
360928
Dion
Runaround Sue
in 1961
...
236789
Dmitrij Shostakovic
Symphony 12
in 1961
...
236514
Dmitrij Shostakovic
Quartet 8
in 1961
...
236515
Doc Watson
New York
in 1961
...
713693
Ella Fitzgerald
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
in 1961
...
236785
Elliott Carter
Double Concerto
in 1961
...
236516
Ersatz (The Substitute)?
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in 1961
...
278989
Eshelman
in 1961
...
360929
Gaslight
in 1961
...
360930
George Chakiris
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in 1961
...
283229
Giacinto Scelsi
Aion
in 1961
...
236512
Giacinto Scelsi
String Quartet No. 2
in 1961
...
236513
Gyorgy Ligeti
Atmospheres
in 1961
...
236523
J. P. Morgan & Co.
Guaranty Trust Co. of NY
in 1961
...
303779
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
in 1961
...
236805
John Coltrane
My Favorite Things
in 1961
...
236814
Johnny Cash
The Lure of the Grand Canyon
in 1961
...
236810
Johnny Cash
Now Heres Johnny Cash
in 1961
...
236816
Judgment at Nuremberg
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in 1961
...
277010
Julie London
Send for Me
in 1961
...
236823
Julie London
Whatever Julie Wants
in 1961
...
236834
Lou Harrison
Concerto in Slendro
in 1961
...
236522
Luciano Berio
Epifanie
in 1961
...
236524
Manufacturers Trust Co.
Hanover Bank
in 1961
...
303883
Maximilian Schell
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in 1961
...
277011
Maya Angelou
an associate editor The Arab Observer.
in 1961
...
715466
Michael Tippett
King Priam
in 1961
...
236511
Milton Babbitt
Composition for Synthesizer
in 1961
...
236520
Milton Babbitt
Vision and Prayer
in 1961
...
236521
National Security Agency (NSA)
59,000 people
in 1961
...
400114
Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline Showcase
in 1961
...
236817
Perry Como
Sing to Me Mr. C
in 1961
...
236827
Ray Charles
The Genius Sings the Blues
in 1961
...
236797
Ricky Nelson
Rick Is 21
in 1961
...
236820
Rita Moreno
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in 1961
...
283776
Robert Wise?and?Jerome Robbins
Academy Award for Best Director
in 1961
...
279752
Roy Orbison
Lonely and Blue
in 1961
...
236809
Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison At The Rock House
in 1961
...
236821
Side Story
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in 1961
...
280700
The Kingston Trio
Make Way
in 1961
...
236811
The Kingston Trio
Goin Places
in 1961
...
236798
Two Women
Academy Award for Best Actress
in 1961
...
277605
West Side Story
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in 1961
...
283234
West Side Story
Academy Award for Best Picture
in 1961
...
282042
Witold Lutoslawski
Jeux Venitiens
in 1961
...
236518
Abby Mann
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
on 1/1961
...
284802
William Inge
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on 1/1961
...
285472
Benjamin F. James
in 1961
...
360919
David Vitter
in 1961
...
360922
Georgios Papanikolaou
Miami, Florida
in 1961
...
972567
In-N-Out Burger
ANIMAL STYLE BURGER
in 1961
“ANIMAL STYLE” BURGERS PREPARED AT RESTAURANT #1
...
746280
Jelena Rennerova
in 1961
...
1247763
John P. Newsome
in 1961
...
360923
Justin L. Johnson
in 1961
...
360924
Juventus F.C.
Italian Football Championship / Serie A
in 1961
...
737365
Maud Wagner
in 1961
in
Acapulco
...
748790
Robert Davis Johnson
in 1961
...
360925
Samuel W. Arnold
in 1961
...
360926
Willa McCord Blake Eslick
in 1961
...
360927
William F. Norrell
in 1961
...
360931
Phyllis Leone
Wayne Gretzky
...
1252107
Walter Gretzky
Wayne Gretzky
...
1252108
Wayne Gretzky
in
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
...
1252105
Wayne Gretzky
a house on Varadi Avenue
in
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
chosen partly because its yard was flat enough to make an ice rink
...
1252110
Brothers Grimm
Deutsches Worterbuch
in 1961
...
1328003
Ann Dunham
Barack Obama
in 1961
...
2147493441
Argentina
the Antarctic Treaty
in 1961
...
2147489729
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Kurt Marnul
in 1961
former Mr. Austria
...
2147491680
Bob Dylan
in 1961
in
New York
...
2147495218
Bob Dylan
in 1961
in
Minneapolis
...
2147495360
Boston Celtics
Los Angeles Lakers
in 1961
in
NBA Finals
...
2147494928
Cher
Montclair College Preparatory School
in 1961
...
2147499198
Chermayeff & Geismar
the logo
in 1961
in
Chase Bank
...
2147499077
Gilbert LaPiere
Cher
in 1961
...
2147499197
Hanna-Barbera
Rah Rah Bear
in 1961
in
Chicago Bears
featuring Yogi Bear helping the Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants
...
2147500763
Janio Quadros
president
in 1961
in
Brazil
...
2147497445
Janio Quadros
president
in 1961
in
Brazil
...
2147497446
Kurt Marnul
Arnold Schwarzenegger
in 1961
in
Graz
to train at the gym
...
2147491681
Mike Ditka
Chicago Bears
in 1961
as a tight end
...
2147500760
Mike Ditka
a tight end
in 1961
in
Chicago Bears
...
2147500761
Truett Cathy
Chick-fil-A
in 1961
after discovering a pressure fryer that could cook chicken as quickly as hamburgers
...
2147501104
Young People's Concerts
two awards
in 1961
in
Emmy Awards
...
2147498633
Ben Carson
southwest Detroit
in
Detroit
with his mother and brother
...
2147494458
The Great Leap Forward
an estimated 15 to 55 million people
in
China
...
2147501169
Bob Dylan
New York City
on 1/1961
...
2147495212
Bob Dylan
on 1/1961
in
New York City
...
2147495213
Bob Dylan
Woody Guthrie
on 1/1961
in
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital
...
2147495214
Bob Dylan
at clubs
on 2/1961
in
Greenwich Village
befriending and picking up material from folk singers
...
2147495215
Joan Baez
Bob Dylan
on 4/1961
...
2147495216
1,400 US-trained Cuban exiles
Cuba
in
Bay of Pigs Invasion
...
2147499172
Barack Obama
the University of Washington
on 8/1961
in
Seattle
with his mother
...
2147493440
Barack Obama
in
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children in Honolulu, Hawaii
...
2147493438
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II
...
2147493439
Maria Lownds
...
2147495217