City Council moves to repeal 5% admissions tax; NY Theatres League says indus will not cut ticket prices but will apply 5% to production costs and welfare and pension plans

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1961Vince Coleman, American baseball player^[†]

Vincent Maurice Coleman is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player, best known for his years with the St. Louis Cardinals. Primarily a left fielder, Coleman played from 1985 to 1997 and set a number of stolen base records. He was a switch hitter and threw right-handed.

1961Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician, Secretary of State for Defence^[†]

Sir Liam Fox is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defence from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Somerset, formerly Woodspring, from 1992 to 2024.

1961Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host^[†]

Bonnie Lynn Hunt is an American actress and comedian. Her film roles include Rain Man, Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, Jumanji, Jerry Maguire, The Green Mile, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.

1961Diane Lemieux, Canadian lawyer and politician^[†]

Diane Lemieux is a Canadian politician and administrator who serves as the president and chief executive officer of the Commission de la construction du Québec.

1961Catherine Oxenberg, American actress^[†]

Catherine Oxenberg is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Amanda Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty. Oxenberg is the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and her first husband, Howard Oxenberg (1919–2010). She twice played Diana, Princess of Wales on screen, in The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) and Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (1992), and has appeared in many other films.

1961Michael Torke, American composer^[†]

Michael Torke is an American composer who writes music influenced by jazz and minimalism.

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1961Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (born 1897)^[†]

Marion Davies was an American actress, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. Educated in a religious convent, Davies left the school to pursue a career as a chorus girl. As a teenager, she appeared in several Broadway musicals and one film, Runaway Romany (1917). She soon became a featured performer in the Ziegfeld Follies. While performing in the 1916 Follies, the nineteen-year-old Marion met the fifty-three-year-old newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst, and became his mistress. Hearst took over management of Davies' career and promoted her as a film actress.

Historical Context for September 22, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people^[†]

Headlines from September 22, 1961

Reform Men Put Up For De Sapio Jobs; Reform Group Agrees on Two To Seek De Sapio County Posts

CLAY VISITS AREA CUT OFF BY REDS; Tells Enclave Near Berlin It Has Support of U.S. -- Confers With Brandt President's Envoy to Berlin Flies Over Border Clay Flies to German Village Behind Closed Communist Lines

GROMYKO MEETS RUSK AND INSISTS ON GERMAN PACT; Russian Says Treaty Must Be Basis of Berlin Solution -- U.N. Crisis Discussed GROMYKO INSISTS ON GERMAN PACT

Wagner, Lefkowitz Agree to a Debate, Possibly Over TV; MAYOR, LEFKOWITZ AGREE TO DEBATE

CITY ACTS TO END 5% THEATRE TAX; Council to Vote on Wagner Measure on Thursday -- Price to Be the Same CITY ACTS TO END 5% THEATRE TAX

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Historical Context for September 22, 1961