* 1961 – Dave Watson, English footballer

* 1961 – Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist

* 1961 – LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter ( Dave Matthews Band ) ( d. 2008 )

* 1961 – Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor ( Metallica, Megadeth, and MD. 45 )

* Dave Mustaine ( born 1961 ), a guitarist and songwriter of Megadeth

* Dave Thompson ( radio host ) ( born 1961 ), Minnesota State Senator

Sam & Dave were an American soul and rhythm and blues ( R & B ) duo who performed together from 1961 through 1981.

Sam & Dave met working the gospel music circuit, and later in small clubs in Miami during amateur nights in 1961 according to Dave.

* Dave Brown ( cartoonist ) ( born 1961 ), cartoonist for The Independent in the UK

* Dave Garroway ( 1952 – 1961 )

* Dave Skrien ( 1961 – 1967 )

* Dave Russell 1953 – 1961

The situation became intolerable for all concerned, and Dave Guard resigned from the Kingston Trio in April 1961, though pledging to fulfill group commitments through November of that year.

David Cunningham " Dave " Garroway ( July 13, 1913 – July 21, 1982 ) was the founding host and anchor of NBC's Today from 1952 to 1961.

David ( Dave ) Catching ( born June 7, 1961 ) is an American musician from Memphis, Tennessee. Dave Catching playing with the eagles of death metal live at the glass house February 8, 2006

* Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) as Dave " the Dude " Conway

In 1961, this collaboration produced " I Like It Like That ", his first and biggest hit, peaking at # 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart ( covered in 1965 by The Dave Clark Five ) and " Something You Got " ( covered by Alvin Robinson, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chuck Jackson, Earl Grant, Maxine Brown, Bobby Womack, Fairport Convention and Bruce Springsteen ).

One of the best exponents of the system was the Tottenham Hotspur double-winning side of 1961, which deployed a midfield of Danny Blanchflower, John White and Dave Mackay.

Pete Louis Vincent de Freitas ( 2 August 1961 – 14 June 1989 ) was a musician and producer, best known as a drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen, and whose drumming skills have been compared to Dave Grohl's.

* Dave Black ( politician ) ( born 1961 ), Mayor of Papillion, Nebraska

In July 1961, Chancellor replaced Dave Garroway as host of NBC's Today program, a role he filled for fourteen months.

Although he started in 1961 and 1962 as a strongside linebacker, in 1963 he embraced the switch to weakside linebacker, when it was decided that Dave Edwards had more upper-body strength.

Hayes appeared in a number of films, including All Night Long ( 1961 ) with Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck, and ( with his group ) in A King in New York, by Charles Chaplin ( 1957 ), The Beauty Jungle ( 1964 ) and Dr Terror's House of Horrors ( 1965 ).

Some versions also feature lyrics, including a 1961 recording with lyrics written by Dave Brubeck and his wife Iola, sung by Carmen McRae.

In addition to the complete album, the Legacy Edition includes a bonus disc featuring previously unreleased concert recordings of the same Brubeck Quartet from the 1961, 1963, and 1964 gatherings of Newport Jazz Festival.

Big Magnum calibers appeared in the Remington line for 1961, with the addition of the and to the list of Model 725's.

A shortened version of the highly regarded Remington 742 autoloader also appeared in 1961.

He also appeared as himself on The Ed Sullivan Show, Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows, The Red Skelton Show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, and guested on Ralph Edwards ' This Is Your Life on February 12, 1961 with honoree Peter Palmer.

The emblem of Dimona ( as a local council ), adopted 2 March 1961, appeared on a stamp issued on 24 March 1965.

( A letter from President Kennedy advising the use of fallout shelters appeared in the September 1961 issue of Life magazine.

In November 1961 in Fortune magazine, an article by Gilbert Burck appeared that outlined the plans of Nelson Rockefeller, Edward Teller, Herman Kahn, and Chet Holifield for an enormous network of concrete lined underground fallout shelters throughout the United States sufficient to shelter millions of people to serve as a refuge in case of nuclear war.

Commercial use of hydrofoils in the U. S. first appeared in 1961 when two commuter vessels were commissioned by Harry Gale Nye, Jr .' s North American Hydrofoils to service the route from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey to the financial district of Lower Manhattan.

Iraq appeared to be mobilizing for a military invasion and on 27 June 1961 the emir of Kuwait requested assistance from the Saudi Arabian and British Governments.

In 1961, Moore appeared in several big parts in movies and on television, including Bourbon Street Beat, 77 Sunset Strip, Surfside Six, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Steve Canyon, Hawaiian Eye, Thriller and Lock-Up.

She also appeared in the films The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone ( 1961 ) and Ship of Fools ( 1965 ).

Much of the Northern hemisphere showed significant cooling during the Little Ice Age ( defined for the purpose as 1400 to 1700 ) but Labrador and isolated parts of the United States appeared to be approximately as warm as during the 1961 – 1990 period.

He appeared in The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone ( José Quintero, 1961 ), Carry On Cleo ( 1964 ) and Help!

In the late 1950s, his work in films took the shape of scoring for soundtracks, notably Anatomy of a Murder ( 1959 ), with James Stewart, in which he appeared fronting a roadhouse combo, and Paris Blues ( 1961 ), which featured Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier as jazz musicians.

In 1961, Tate was employed by the singer Pat Boone, and appeared with him in a television special he made in Venice.

He appeared with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the feature films The Long, Hot Summer ( 1958 ), Rally ' Round the Flag, Boys !, ( 1958 ), From the Terrace ( 1960 ), Paris Blues ( 1961 ), A New Kind of Love ( 1963 ), Winning ( 1969 ), WUSA ( 1970 ), The Drowning Pool ( 1975 ), Harry & Son ( 1984 ), and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ( 1990 ).

Elric first appeared in print in Moorcock ’ s novella, " The Dreaming City " ( Science Fantasy # 47, June 1961 ); subsequent novellas were reformatted as the novel Stormbringer ( 1965 ), but

Throughout the 1960s, Nimoy appeared in a number of other TV series including Bonanza ( 1960 ), The Rebel ( 1960 ), Two Faces West ( 1961 ), Rawhide ( episode, Incident Before Black Pass.

He appeared in a supporting role in the 1961 film, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

He appeared in more than 90 films, including The Great Imposter ( 1961 ), Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds ( as the man helping the Tippi Hedren character with her rental boat ), Jerry Lewis's The Nutty Professor ( 1963 ), Pocketful Of Miracles ( 1961 ) and, in a cameo, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ).

They also appeared in costly digital time displays used in research and military establishments, and in many early electronic desktop calculators, including the first: the Sumlock-Comptometer ANITA Mk VII of 1961 and even the first electronic telephone switchboards.

Pickens appeared in dozens of films, including Old Oklahoma Plains ( 1952 ), Down Laredo Way ( 1953 ), One-Eyed Jacks ( 1961 ) with Marlon Brando, Dr. Strangelove ( 1964 ), Major Dundee ( 1965 ) with Charlton Heston, the remake of Stagecoach ( 1966 ; Pickens played the driver, portrayed in the 1939 film by Andy Devine ), Never a Dull Moment ( 1968 ), The Cowboys ( 1972 ) with John Wayne, Ginger in the Morning ( 1974 ) with Fred Ward, Blazing Saddles ( 1974 ), Poor Pretty Eddy ( 1975 ), Rancho Deluxe ( 1975 ), The Getaway with Steve McQueen, Tom Horn ( 1980 ), also with McQueen, An Eye for an Eye ( 1966 ) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ( 1973 ) in a small but memorable role.

The Sorceress first appeared in " The Midas Touch ", first published in December, 1961.

* 1961 Perry Mason ( appeared in various episodes )