Today, february 20th , we looked in POP-I-STORY, the events which are occured in 1961..

In our data base we found 1423 events.

We show you 32.

1961 04 17 Cuban Crisis
1961 08 12 Begining of the building of the wall of Berlin
1961 04 22 Putsch of generals Challe , Salan , Jouhaud , Zeller à Alger
1961 02 10 Showcase in Paris with the European countries
1961 Release The Time machine by George Pal
1961 Release Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick
1961 Academy award : Best picture : “ West Side Story “ by Robert Wise
1961 05 13 Death of Gary Cooper - actor
1961 Launche of the Jaguar “Type E”
1961 07 07 Victory Wimbledon - Homme : Rod Laver ( Australie ) contre Charles McKinley
1961 07 16 Victory Tour de France : Jacques Anquetil ( France )
1961 Release Dario Moreno - La Bamba - -
1961 Release Hugues Aufray - Santiano - -
1961 09 20 First Concert of Johnny Hallyday to l’Olympia
1961 New Product Moulinex - - Le Robot Marie
1961 New Product Philips launch the first portable tape recorder
1961 Commercialisation of the toy Lego In US and France
1961 Creation the clown, Ronald Mac Donald
1961 New Product le Lycra
1961 07 06 Gérard Mulliez starts Auchan (commercial store)
1961 0 New Product parfum “ Calèche “ by Hermès
1961 11 02 Tv program Game “ the man of XX century “ by Pierre Sabagh, Pierre Cardinal and Armand Jammot
1961 0 Commercials Nestlé - - Chocolate Crunch - Chocolate
1961 11 10 Cover magazine Elle - - 829
1961 08 foundation of the Courrège's house
1961 0 Creation of the design YSL, YvesSaint Laurent by Cassandre
1961 04 12 First man in space : Youri Gagarine
1961 07 02 Death of Ernest Hemingway - writer
1961 09 Publication A.Uderzo / R.Goscinny - Asterix le Gaulois - Dargaud -
1961 Construction of Idlewild Airport to New York by Eero Saarinen
1961 Publication Henry Miller - Tropic Of Cancer - Grove Press Inc
1961 06 23 Premiere « the sleeping beauty » by Rudolf Noureev

Tomorrow, february 21st we will show you the covers of Rollingstones magazines of the month.