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May 5 – Mercury program: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3. May 9 – In a speech on " Television and the Public Interest " to the National Association of Broadcasters , FCC chairman Newton N. Minow describes commercial television programming as a "vast wasteland".
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1961 per Variety's weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20-25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The Shirelles hit #1 with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" in 1961.. These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1961.. That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Bert Kaempfert, The Shirelles, Lawrence Welk, The Marcels, Del Shannon, Ernie K-Doe, Roy Orbison, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bobby Lewis, Joe Dowell, The Highwaymen, Bobby Vee, Dion, Jimmy Dean, The Marvelettes, and The ...
Title Director Cast Genre Note 20,000 Eyes: Jack Leewood: Gene Nelson, Merry Anders: Thriller: 20th Century Fox: The Absent-Minded Professor: Robert Stevenson: Fred ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's top Hot 100 songs of 1961. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1961.
May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as Wings, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Sergeant York, The Pride of the Yankees and High Noon, Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor.
2 1961. 3 1962. 4 1963. 5 1964. 6 1965. 7 1966. 8 1967. 9 1968. 10 1969. 11 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of the most popular names in the 1960s in ...
1961 American novels (66 P) P. 1961 in American politics (4 C, 19 P) S. 1961 in American sports (28 C, 12 P) T. 1961 in American television (4 C, 14 P)