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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s  1940s  1950s  - 1960s -  1970s  1980s  1990s
Years:1958 1959 1960 - 1961 - 1962 1963 1964


Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1961
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing .
-  World population
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel Prizes
5 See also -  Notes -  External links


As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March 1961 issue, this was the first "upside-up" year—i.e., one in which the numerals that form the year look the same as when the numerals are rotated upside down—since 1881, and the last until 6009.

Events of 1961

January

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Jan. 20: John F. Kennedy inaugurated as President of the U.S.

February

February
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March

March
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April

April
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May

May
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April 11: Adolf Eichmann on trial for crimes against humanity, in Jerusalem, Israel.

June

June
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July

July
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August

August
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September

September
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October

October
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November

November
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December

December
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Adolf Eichmann found guilty

Undated

Ongoing

Fictional

The following are references to year 1961 in fiction: (unknown).

World population

Births

1961 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1961
MCMLXI
Ab urbe condita2714
Armenian calendar1410
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Bah' calendar117 – 118
Buddhist calendar2505
Chinese calendar4597/4657-7-12
(庚子年七月十二日)
— to —
4598/4658-6-21
(辛丑年六月廿一日)
Coptic calendar1677 – 1678
Ethiopian calendar1953 – 1954
Hebrew calendar 5721 – 5722
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2016 – 2017
 - Shaka Samvat1883 – 1884
 - Kali Yuga5062 – 5063
Holocene calendar11961
Iranian calendar1339 – 1340
Islamic calendar1381 – 1382
Japanese calendarShōwa 0
(昭和0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2621
(皇紀2621年)
Julian calendar2006
Korean calendar4294
Thai solar calendar2504
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January-February

March-April

May-June

July-August

September-October

November-December

Unknown Dates

(none listed)

Deaths

January - June

July - December

Unknown dates

  • (none listed)

Nobel prizes

See also

Notes



External links

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