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
Kofi Annan
in 1961
2 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1961
3 moments here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Lars Onsager
in 1961
1 moment here
Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1961
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Louis Armstrong
in 1961
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Marilyn Monroe
in 1961
1 moment here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1961
3 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Maya Angelou
in 1961
2 moments here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Milton Obote
in 1961
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1961
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1961
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1961
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Nadine Gordimer
in 1961
1 moment here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1961
2 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1961
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
in 1961
1 moment here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1961
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Olav V
in 1961
2 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Omar Bongo
in 1961
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Pablo Picasso
in 1961
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Park Chung Hee
in 1961
2 moments here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Patrice Lumumba
in 1961
4 moments here
Congolese independence leader and first prime minister of the Republic of the Congo. Lumumba worked in Stanleyville, led the Mouvement National…
Moments
- 1961 Copa Bernardo O'Higgins goal Garrincha
- 1961 Addressed Canadian Parliament John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Held Paris state visit John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Made state visit to Ottawa John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Addresses besieged Freedom Riders rally Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1961 Meeting with Lyndon B. Johnson Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1961 State visit to Iceland Olav V
- 1961 May 16 coup Park Chung Hee
- 1961 Filming Ánimas Trujano in Tlacolula Toshiro Mifune
- 1961 Mainichi Marathon victory Abebe Bikila
- 1961 Final return home Ernest Hemingway
- 1961 Tournoi de Paris final Eusébio
- 1961 Words to the Intellectuals Fidel Castro
- 1961 Settlement in Mexico City Gabriel García Márquez
- 1961 Irish state visit at Áras an Uachtaráin Grace Kelly
- 1961 Visit to Irish National Stud Grace Kelly
- 1961 Visit to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Grace Kelly
- 1961 Westport family meeting Grace Kelly
- 1961 Graduation in Alexandria Jim Morrison
- 1961 Met Khrushchev in Vienna John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Visited London after Vienna John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Vienna summit with Kennedy Nikita Khrushchev
- 1961 Settles at Notre-Dame-de-Vie Pablo Picasso
- 1961 Moscow International Film Festival juror Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 1961 Birth at Park House Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1961 Death in Ketchum Ernest Hemingway
- 1961 Sino-North Korean treaty signing Kim Il Sung
- 1961 State visit to Finland Olav V
- 1961 Arrival in Havana Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Arrival in London Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Public visit to Manchester Yuri Gagarin
- 1961 Medical placement in Praia Agostinho Neto
- 1961 Baptism at St Mary Magdalene Church Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1961 Red Square appearance after Vostok 2 Gherman Titov
- 1961 Vostok 2 landing near Krasny Kut Gherman Titov
- 1961 Vostok 2 launch Gherman Titov
- 1961 Return to Gatundu after detention Jomo Kenyatta
- 1961 Birth in Hankha Pumpuang Duangjan
- 1961 Second imprisonment at Brixton Prison Bertrand Russell
- 1961 Marriage ceremony Chinua Achebe
- 1961 First Non-Aligned Movement Summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1961 Non-Aligned conference Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1961 Hollywood Bowl concert Judy Garland
- 1961 Meeting President Kennedy in New York Norodom Sihanouk
- 1961 Non-Aligned summit in Belgrade Sukarno
- 1961 Košice Peace Marathon victory Abebe Bikila
- 1961 Return to imprisonment in Lisbon Agostinho Neto
- 1961 Portugal debut against Luxembourg Eusébio
- 1961 European concert tour visit to London Igor Stravinsky
- 1961 State visit to Tanganyika Jomo Kenyatta