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February 6, 1961

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Historical Context for February 6, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people[โ€ ]

Notable Births

Cam Cameron

1961Cam Cameron, American football player and coach[โ€ ]

Malcolm "Cam" Cameron is an American football coach who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the LSU Tigers football program. Cameron attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and played quarterback for the school. Cameron began his coaching career in the NCAA with the Michigan Wolverines. After that he switched to the National Football League (NFL), where he was offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens and the San Diego Chargers and head coach for the Miami Dolphins, coaching them to a 1โ€“15 record in his only season.

Bill Lester

1961Bill Lester, American race car driver[โ€ ]

William Alexander Lester III is an American semi-retired professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing. Lester previously competed full-time in the Truck Series from 2002 to midway through 2007. Lester was the NASCAR's only full-time African-American driver during that time. After that, he moved to sports car racing, competing in the Rolex Sports Car Series from 2007 to 2012. Lester had also competed part-time in the same series from 1998 to 2001.

Yury Onufriyenko

1961Yury Onufriyenko, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut[โ€ ]

Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko is a retired Russian cosmonaut. He is a veteran of two extended spaceflights, aboard the space station Mir in 1996 and aboard the International Space Station in 2001โ€“2002.

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