On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[†]
1961Paul McCrane, American actor, director, and singer[†]
Paul McCrane is an American film, television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the 1980 film Fame, Frank Berry in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire, Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop, and Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama television series ER.
1961Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead[†]
Wayne Andrew Hemingway is an English designer and co-founder of Red or Dead. He is also on the Design Council Trustee Board and having been with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) for a decade since its inception is now on the Design Council CABE Committee. Hemingway is a Professor in The Built Environment Department of Northumbria University, a Doctor of Design at Wolverhampton, Lancaster and Stafford, a Fellow of Blackburn College and a Senior Fellow of Regent's University London.
1961William Ragsdale, American actor[†]
Robert William Ragsdale is an American actor. He is known for playing Charley Brewster in the cult horror-comedy film Fright Night (1985) and its sequel Fright Night Part 2 (1988), and Herman Brooks on the television series Herman's Head (1991–94).
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Pres Eisenhower urges election and inauguration be advanced to allow new Pres 80 days to organize Adm before meeting Cong, final press conf
2 trucking cos sue to bar Teamsters Joint Council 16 order to honor picket lines; NLRB continues to probe secondary boycott charges
Gov Vandiver urges Legis adopt plan letting communities decide whether to close pss or obey ct desegregation orders; asks grants-in-aid for those withdrawing from desegregated pss and clarification of students right to appeal assignment to given ps; asks Const amendment providing that no pupil can be forced to attend desegregated ps
Kennedy and wife arrive, Washington; illus; Mrs Truman, Mrs Daniel, Mrs E Kennedy, Mrs Shriver, Mrs Lawford, Mrs J P Kennedy Sr, Mrs Johnson hold reception for 6,000 'distinguished ladies,'
Sen com hearing on apptmt; he testifies on efforts to avoid conflict of interest
Stevenson unanimously approved by Sen com as Amb to UN after statement and questioning; illus
Rayburn wins Dem approval of enlargement plan, caucus; Smith pledges to bring resolution to floor; Rayburn denies Smith charge of 'packing' com
SUNY trustees 'master plan' asks and of free tuition to permit expansion of facilities; 30,000 students affected; trustees seek right to fix uniform charge for tuition and fees at all units; see 58,700 more places needed in 2-yr colls, 149,300 in 4-yr insts and 33,600 in grad schools by '70; find facilities deficient on LI and in Westchester-Putnam-Rockland-Orange area; proposed additions to SUNY units listed; trustees to rev aid formula for community colls
Wire to Dr T A Dooley on birthday noted
Pres Eisenhower disputes claim, news conf; lays current US problems to intransigence of Communist bloc; US officials concerned at tone of Khrushchev s
Eisenhower optimistic on balance of payments problem in '61, final Econ Rept to Cong
100,000 commuters stranded; PRR and LIRR keep operating; Wagner meets with both sides, urges quick settlement