1961 in the United States

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Events from the year 1961 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) (until January 20)
John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) (starting January 20)
Richard Nixon (R-California) (until January 20)
Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (starting January 20)
Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) (until November 16)
vacant (starting November 16)
Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) (until January 3)
Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) (starting January 3)

Events

January–March

January 20: John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th U.S. president John F. Kennedy, White House color photo portrait.jpg
January 20: John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th U.S. president
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 37th U.S. vice president Senator Lyndon Johnson.jpg
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 37th U.S. vice president

April–June

President Kennedy delivers his proposal to put a man on the Moon before a joint session of Congress, May 25, 1961 Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress - GPN-2000-001658.jpg
President Kennedy delivers his proposal to put a man on the Moon before a joint session of Congress, May 25, 1961

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

Contents

President John F. Kennedy before a joint session of Congress, May 25, 1961

July–September

October–December

Ongoing

Sport

Births

January

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Dexter King

February

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George Stephanopoulos

March

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Reggie Fils-Aimé

April

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Eddie Murphy

May

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Wally Wingert
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George Clooney
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Bill de Blasio

June

July

August

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Barack Obama
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Stephen Hillenburg

September

October

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Randy Jackson

November

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Pat Toomey

December

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Sean Hannity

Deaths

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Emily Greene Balch
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Dashiell Hammett
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Ernest Hemingway
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Ty Cobb
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Marion Davies
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Edith Wilson

See also

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  13. Jim Corsi, former Red Sox pitcher, dead at 60
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