Historical figures in 1961
The atlas holds 97 people and 167 moments here, in 1961. The most recorded lives are Yuri Gagarin, John F. Kennedy and Grace Kelly. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Abebe Bikila
in 1961
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Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Agostinho Neto
in 1961
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António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Albert Luthuli
in 1961
1 moment here
Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Alberto Fujimori
in 1961
1 moment here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Bertrand Russell
in 1961
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…
Brigitte Bardot
in 1961
1 moment here
French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…
Bruce Lee
in 1961
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Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Celia Cruz
in 1961
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Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer celebrated internationally as the “Queen of Salsa.” Born in Havana, she rose to fame with Sonora Matancera,…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1961
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Charlie Chaplin
in 1961
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Chinghiz Aitmatov
in 1961
1 moment here
Kyrgyz author, public intellectual, and diplomat who wrote in Kyrgyz and Russian. His documented life connects his native Sheker and Soviet-era…
Chinua Achebe
in 1961
1 moment here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Claude Simon
in 1961
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Dalida
in 1961
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1961
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Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1961
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English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1961
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Édith Piaf
in 1961
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French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Edmund Hillary
in 1961
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New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Elizabeth II
in 1961
3 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Elvis Presley
in 1961
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American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1961
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American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Erwin Schrödinger
in 1961
1 moment here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Eusébio
in 1961
3 moments here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Moments
- 1961 Athens Classical Marathon victory Abebe Bikila
- 1961 Study in Strasbourg Alberto Fujimori
- 1961 Photographed in Spoleto Brigitte Bardot
- 1961 Solo recital at the Hollywood Palladium Celia Cruz
- 1961 Talks with President Kennedy Charles de Gaulle
- 1961 Returns to Singapore with family Charlie Chaplin
- 1961 Sorbonne lecture Claude Simon
- 1961 Saigon concert Dalida
- 1961 Farewell Address from the Oval Office Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1961 Retirement to Gettysburg farm Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1961 Death in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
- 1961 Prensa Latina posting in New York Gabriel García Márquez
- 1961 White House luncheon Grace Kelly
- 1961 Visit with President Kennedy Helen Keller
- 1961 NCAR site research I. M. Pei
- 1961 Indianapolis 500 debut Jack Brabham
- 1961 Christmas in New York Joan Fontaine
- 1961 Began White House residence John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Inaugurated at the Capitol John F. Kennedy
- 1961 First United States trip and teaching at Texas Jorge Luis Borges
- 1961 Exile in Congo-Brazzaville José Eduardo dos Santos
- 1961 Marriage during Madrid exile Juan Perón
- 1961 Villa in Puerta de Hierro Juan Perón
- 1961 Visit with Jean-Paul Sartre Kenzaburō Ōe
- 1961 Residence in Seoul after detention Kim Dae-jung
- 1961 International-relations study in Geneva Kofi Annan
- 1961 Undergraduate study at Macalester Kofi Annan
- 1961 First Non-Aligned Movement summit Kwame Nkrumah
- 1961 Tour of the People's Republic of China Kwame Nkrumah
- 1961 Tour of the Soviet Union Kwame Nkrumah
- 1961 Visiting professor at UC San Diego Lars Onsager
- 1961 Second Christmas Lecture series Lawrence Bragg
- 1961 Visit to the Great Sphinx of Giza Louis Armstrong
- 1961 Moved back to Los Angeles Marilyn Monroe
- 1961 Associate editor in Cairo Maya Angelou
- 1961 The Blacks at St. Mark's Playhouse Maya Angelou
- 1961 Ugandan Constitutional Conference Milton Obote
- 1961 Visit with Charles de Gaulle Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1961 Relocation to Misrata Muammar Gaddafi
- 1961 Meeting Gorgeous George Muhammad Ali
- 1961 Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Nadine Gordimer
- 1961 Hides at Liliesleaf Farm Nelson Mandela
- 1961 Parliamentary-election campaign in Haut-Ogooué Omar Bongo
- 1961 Celebrates his eightieth birthday in Vallauris Pablo Picasso
- 1961 Arrival in Elisabethville Patrice Lumumba
- 1961 Execution near Mwadingusha Patrice Lumumba
- 1961 Transfer through Moanda Patrice Lumumba
- 1961 Transfer via Lukala airfield Patrice Lumumba
- 1961 Pakistan Military Academy entry Pervez Musharraf
- 1961 Disney negotiations in Los Angeles P. L. Travers