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Posted by Ditzy on October 15, 2001 at 20:38:04:

In Reply to: Re: 40th Wedding Anniversary Ideas(JOYCE) posted by JENA on October 15, 2001 at 18:09:17:

The fact sheet for 1961 was already
posted near the top of this site...
Reading here will help you a lot!
Many ideas and advice, should you
ask...here you go, please & thank you!
Hope your event is a wonderful celebration!

Posted by Ditzy on October 08, 2001 at 20:48:50:

In Reply to: 40th anniv...1961 fact sheet... posted by Gia on October 08, 2001 at 00:19:37:

The Top News Stories of 1961

John F. Kennedy is inaugurated president on January 17, 1961.

The Soviet Union puts first man into space, 27-year-old Air Force Major Yuri Gagarin.

The Berlin Wall is completed, dividing East and West Berlin.

NASA puts man in space on May 5, 1961; Commander Alan Shepard Jr. makes 15 minute suborbital flight. Two months later the second American is launched into space. What is his name?

A Presidential press conference is televised for the first time.

Presidents Khrushchev and Kennedy meet for a two day summit in Vienna.

The Civil Rights struggle erupts in Alabama on May 20 as whites attack a busload of "Freedom Fighters."

The U.S. fails in its attempt to back Cuban exiles in a coup to overthrow Fidel Castro. How do historians refer to this incident? Answer

Maj. Robert White flies Air Force X-15, breaking speed record by toppig 4,000 mph.

On January 31, the U.S. successfully orbits space capsule containing a chimpanzee. What was his name? Answer

The heaviest snowstorm since 1947 ties up the Northeast.

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Cost of Living

3-Bedroom Home $13,825
Average Income $ 5,737
Price of a new Ford $ 2,528
Gasoline (1 Gallon) $ 0.31
Bread (1 Pound) $ 0.21
Milk (1 Gallon) is over or under $1?
Eggs (dozen) $ .57
Baseball $1.57
First Class Postage Stamp Guess

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1961 Sports Champions

NCAA Basketball U. of Cincinnati tops Ohio State in OT, 70-65
Rose Bowl Washington 17, Minnesota 7
Baseball Who defeated Cincinnati, 4 games to 1 to win the World Series?
Season Highlights What future hall-of-fame pitcher threw a no-hitter April 28, 1961 to beat San Francisco Giants, 1-0?
Yankees Outfielder Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's home run record by hitting 61 homers in a season.
Pro Football
NFL: Green Bay defeats the NY Giants in the Championship game 37-0
AFL: Houston edges San Diego,10-3
Who won the Super Bowl in 1961?
Pro Basketball Boston Celtics defeats St. Louis 4 games to 1
What Celtic player was named the NBA's MVP for 1960-61 season?
Tennis: Wimbleton Rod Laver slams American Chuck McKinley, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
Horse Racing:
Kentucky Derby Carry Back with John Sellers in the stirrups won the Derby by 3/4 of a length over Crozier
Boxing Champions Heavyweight: Floyd Patterson
Middleweight: Gene Fullmer
Welterweight: Kid Paret and Emile Griffith
Who was the Light Heavyweight Champ? Hint: He passed away at age 84 December 9, 1998
Golf Gary Player won the Masters
Gene Littler won the US Open
Jerry Barber won the PGA championship in a playoff over Don January
The British Open was won by Arnold Palmer

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And, the Winner is...

Best Movie West Side Story
Best Actor Maximillian Schell
Best Actress? Hint: She was born in Italy
TV Shows The Jack Benny Show
The Real McCoys

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The Top Hit Songs of 1961

according to Pop Music Charts Archive (PMCA)

The Number One song of 1961 was recorded by Bobby Lewis. The title of this all night favorite is?

Patsy Cline's ballad "I Fall to Pieces" came in at Number Two.
The Number Three hit was "Michael" as in "Michael row your boat ashore..." What was the name of the group?

Roy Orbison's "Crying" came in at Number Four.
Del Shannon had two big hits in 1961. "Hat's Off to Larry" made it as far as the fifth most played song in July. His other runaway hit single was Number Five for the year. Name that song.

The sixth place song for 1961 was "My True Story" by The Jive Five.

Chubby Checker had the Number Seven, Number Seventy and Number Ninety-Four songs of 1961. Name any of them!

The String-A-Longs recorded the eighth place song "Wheels."

Number Nine was "Raindrops." The singer was no relation to the man who helped bring Rock 'n Roll to our TV sets.

And, Number Ten for 1961 was "Wooden Heart" by Joe Dowell.

More 1961 Pop Music Trivia

Elvis Presley had four hit songs in 1961. They ended the year at numbers Thirty-Nine, Fifty-One, Seventy-One and Ninety-Six. "Are You Lonesome To-night" -- leftover from 1960 -- came in at 96.
The Question: Was the most popular of his other three hits "Surrender," "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame," or "Little Sister?"

Instrumental Music was popular in 1961. Instructions: Match the song with the musicians:
Song Artist
On the Rebound Ferrante and Teicher
Calcutta Burt Keampfert
Wonderland by Night Lawrence Welk
Exodus Floyd Cramer

Two of 1961's top 100 songs that lived on long beyond the 'Sixties were recorded by Ben E. King. Neither made number one song, but you probably know the words to both of them.
The Question: Name the songs? ("Stand by Me" and "Spanish Harlem" )

Song titles taken out of context sound strange. After all, who would have thought a song entitled "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?" would be a hit!
The Question: Who recorded that song? (Barry Mann)

Other answers can be found...
ghs61orgtriviahtml
You will have to put the dots in...otherwise
you know what will happen.

Ditzy

Follow Ups:

• Re: DUH...fact sheet info laura 12/05/01 (5)
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