Highlights of the year
- 3/12Go, Dog. Go!Books
- 4/12Vostok 1Events
- 4/17Elizabeth TaylorUS awards
- 5/141961 Formula One seasonSports
- 8/231961–62 European CupSports
- 10/6Breakfast at Tiffany'sFilms
- 10/16Cork AirportOpenings
- 10/18West Side StoryFilms
- 10/30Tsar BombaEvents
- 11/10Catch-22Books
Jan121 items
- 1/7The AvengersTV
- 1/12Stray DogFilms
- 1/12Sokol AirportOpenings
- 1/15Yokohama Marine TowerOpenings
- 1/20inauguration of John F. KennedyEvents
- 1/24La NotteFilms
- 1/31Mercury-Redstone 2Events
- JanHai Rui Dismissed from OfficeBooks
Feb111 items
- 2/1The MisfitsFilms
- 2/4Tyazhely SputnikEvents
- 2/4Plaza de CastillaOpenings
- 2/4LagoOpenings
- 2/12Venera 1Events
- 2/19Cyclocross-Weltmeisterschaften 1961Sports
- 2/22Bandy World Championship 1961Sports
- 2/28The Lovers of MontparnasseFilms
Mar157 items
- 3/11961 World Men's Handball ChampionshipSports
- 3/12Go, Dog. Go!Books
- 3/17Flaming StarFilms
- 3/18Eurovision Song Contest 1961Events
- 3/27ThunderballBooks
- 3/28Hibiya LineOpenings
- 3/30One-Eyed JacksFilms
- 3/30Single Convention on Narcotic DrugsEvents
Apr178 items
- 4/21961 Copa LibertadoresSports
- 4/12Vostok 1Events
- 4/17Elizabeth TaylorUS awards
- 4/20Bay of Pigs invasionEvents
- 4/25YojimboFilms
- 4/27The Guns of NavaroneFilms
- 4/29EuroBasket 1961Sports
- 4/29Park PobedyOpenings
May145 items
- 5/5Mercury-Redstone 3Events
- 5/8Augsburger Straße metro stationOpenings
- 5/141961 Formula One seasonSports
- 5/14Hristo Botev StadiumOpenings
- 5/16May 16 coupEvents
- 5/17ViridianaFilms
- 5/29Ashes and DiamondsFilms
- 5/301961 European Cup FinalSports
Jun172 items
- 6/1Stranger in a Strange LandBooks
- 6/2The SearchFilms
- 6/17Something for EverybodyMusic
- 6/181961 Belgian Grand PrixSports
- 6/19Let's Twist AgainMusic
- 6/23American Folk Art MuseumOpenings
- 6/25Last Year at MarienbadFilms
- 6/251961 Tour de FranceSports
Jul117 items
- 7/21961 French Grand PrixSports
- 7/6The Heaven Sword and Dragon SaberBooks
- 7/12Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaFilms
- 7/151961 British Grand PrixSports
- 7/15Miss Universe 1961Events
- 7/21Mercury-Redstone 4Events
- 7/30MothraFilms
- JulCrimean TrolleybusOpenings
Aug113 items
- 8/6Vostok 2Events
- 8/8(Marie's the Name) His Latest FlameMusic
- 8/12The Pit and the PendulumFilms
- 8/231961–62 European CupSports
- 8/23Ranger 1Events
- 8/271961–62 Serie ASports
- 8/28Kurfürstendamm metro stationOpenings
- 8/28Peace to Him Who EntersFilms
Sep141 items
- 9/21961–62 La LigaSports
- 9/71961–62 European Cup Winners' CupSports
- 9/12Zaanse SchansOpenings
- 9/171961 West German federal electionEvents
- 9/17Civic ArenaOpenings
- 9/181961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crashEvents
- 9/22Glen or GlendaFilms
- 9/25The HustlerFilms
Oct186 items
- 10/1Robert F. Kennedy Memorial StadiumOpenings
- 10/6Breakfast at Tiffany'sFilms
- 10/81961 United States Grand PrixSports
- 10/16Cork AirportOpenings
- 10/18West Side StoryFilms
- 10/18European Social CharterEvents
- 10/191961–62 NBA seasonSports
- 10/30Tsar BombaEvents
Nov193 items
- 11/6The Pale HorseBooks
- 11/8KVNTV
- 11/9Kiss Me KateFilms
- 11/10Catch-22Books
- 11/18Ranger 2Events
- 11/22Douglas–Charles AirportOpenings
- 11/24The InnocentsFilms
- 11/24Romano-Germanic MuseumOpenings
Dec207 items
- 12/21961 World Judo ChampionshipsSports
- 12/6ATA CarnetEvents
- 12/111961 Southeast Asian Peninsular GamesSports
- 12/14Judgment at NurembergFilms
- 12/19Annexation of GoaEvents
- 12/20Divorce, Italian StyleFilms
- 12/31Revolutionary RoadBooks
- DecCrying in the RainMusic
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