* 1961 – Rory Bremner, Scottish comedian

* 1961 – The Russian ( Soviet ) cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok 3KA-2 ( Vostok 1 ).

* 1961 – Enedina Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker

* 1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer, musician, and composer ( Dead Can Dance )

* 1961 – Charles Mann, American football player

* 1961 – Magda Szubanski, Australian actress

* 1961 – K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.

* 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player

* 1961 – Yolanda Adams, American singer, producer, and actress

* 1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and director

* 1961 – Helmut Winklhofer, German footballer

* 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor ( d. 1961 )

* 1961 – Brad Gilbert, American tennis player

* 1961 – John Key, New Zealand politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand

* 1961 – Amy Stiller, American comedian and actress

* 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants ' attempts to escape to the West.

* 1961 – Sam Champion, American weatherman

* 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player

* 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress

* 1961 – Stuart Maconie, English journalist, author, and broadcaster

* 1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer

* 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist

* 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer

* 1961 – Cary Stayner, American serial killer

* 1886 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian pilot and engineer ( d. 1961 )

* 1961 – Joe Lando, American actor

* Joe Perry ( 1969 ) 1961 – 1962

* Most fumbles recovered, game: 4 ; Otto Graham, Cleveland Browns vs. New York Giants, October 25, 1953 ; Sam Etcheverry, St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Giants, September 17, 1961 ; Roman Gabriel, Los Angeles Rams vs. San Francisco 49ers, October 12, 1969 ; Joe Ferguson, Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins, September 18, 1977 ; Randall Cunningham, Philadelphia Eagles vs. Oakland Raiders, November 30, 1986 ( OT ).

She also made a pair of intimate vocal / guitar / double bass albums of jazz standards: After Hours ( 1961 ) with guitarist Mundell Lowe and double bassist George Duvivier and Sarah + 2 ( 1962 ) with guitarist Barney Kessell and double bassist Joe Comfort.

The stadium hosted two MLB All-Star Games ( 1961 and 1984 ), one National League Division Series ( 1997 ), three National League Championship Series ( 1971, 1987 and 1989 ), two World Series ( 1962 and 1989 ), and eight NFC Championship games, the most notable being in January 1982 when Dwight Clark caught a game-winning touchdown pass from Joe Montana to lead the 49ers to their first Super Bowl ( see " The Catch ").

When The Hustler was released in 1961, Laurie was interviewed by New York Herald Tribune entertainment writer Joe Morgenstern.

By comparison, Arnold Palmer earned just $ 5, 000 in 1961 endorsing Wilson golf equipment, and NFL quarterback Joe Namath made just $ 10, 000 in 1968 to famously shave off his moustache with a Schick razor.

In 1961 she married David Harter, a barrister, and began raising three sons, Joe, Paul, and Rick, in Islington, North London, where she lives.

( Elvin Jones and Philly Joe Jones album ), 1961

During this period, though, De Laurentiis produced such films as Barabbas ( 1961 ) a Christian religious epic, Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die, an imitation James Bond film ; Navajo Joe ( 1966 ), a spaghetti western ; Anzio ( 1968 ), a World War II film ; Barbarella ( 1968 ) and Danger: Diabolik ( 1968 ), both successful comic book adaptations ; and The Valachi Papers made to coincide with the popularity of The Godfather.

Bradley applied for the 10th District seat in June 1961, when he was still a police lieutenant living at 3397 Welland Avenue ; the post had been vacated by Charles Navarro when he was elected city controller .< ref >" 12 Apply for Navarro City Council seat ," Los Angeles Times, June 6, 1961, page 21 < code >< nowiki > Library card required </ nowiki ></ code > The City Council, which had the power to fill a vacancy, instead appointed Joe E. Hollingsworth .< ref >" New Councilman ," Los Angeles Times, August 26, 1961, page 13 < code >< nowiki > Library card required </ nowiki ></ code >

* Joe Kapp – player ( QB ), 1984 ( Calgary Stampeders 1959 – 61 ; BC Lions 1961 – 66 ).

* Joe Johnson ( baseball ) ( born 1961 ), American former Major League Baseball pitcher

* Joe Lando ( born 1961 ), American actor

In 1961, the historian Joe Bertram Frantz at the University of Texas at Austin, along with Cordelia Sloan Duke, published 6, 000 Miles of Fence: Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas.

Joseph Dennis " Joe " Cole ( April 10, 1961 – December 19, 1991 ) was a roadie for Black Flag and Rollins Band.

* Joe Joyce ( 1961 – ), English footballer

* Moon Bowl ( added c. 1961 )-A performing arts stage and dance floor that featured celebrity performers and guests, including Paul Anka, Count Basie, Dick Clark, Brenda Lee, Patti Page, the Everly Brothers, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, the Harry James Orchestra, Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane, Ricky Nelson, the Lennon Sisters, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin, and the stars of Car 54, Where Are You ?, Fred Gwynne and Joe E. Ross.

Morrow then appeared from 1960 – 1961 as Joe Cannon in three episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane.

Gardner Fox and Joe Kubert created a new version of Hawkman in issue # 34 ( February – March 1961 ).

Anthony Mann specifically requested Canutt for Second Unit for his 1961 El Cid, where Canutt directed sons Joe and Tap doubling for Charlton Heston and Christopher Rhodes in a stunning tournament joust.

With notable stars including Walter Johnson and Joe Cronin, the Senators won the 1924 World Series and pennants in 1925 and 1933, but were more often unsuccessful and moved to Minnesota for the 1961 season where the team was renamed the Minnesota Twins.