In 1961 they gained their own series on ATV, which was a success and raised their profile.

( 1964 ), The Faith Healer ( 1979 ) and Dancing at Lughnasa ( 1990 ); Tom Murphy's A Whistle In the Dark ( 1961 ) and The Gigli Concert ( 1983 ); and Hugh Leonard's Da ( 1973 ) and A Life ( 1980 ), helped raise the Abbey's international profile through successful runs in the West End in London, and on Broadway in New York City.

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The squadron began almost immediately to upgrade yet again to the Vulcan B2, taking delivery of the first on 1 September 1961, although its high-level strategic bombing role remained unchanged until the advent of effective Soviet Surface-to-Air Missiles forced Bomber Command to re-assign V-bombers from high-altitude operations to low-level penetration operations in March 1963, when the squadron's Vulcans adopted a mission profile that included a ' pop-up ' manoeuvre from 500 – 1, 000 ft to above 12, 000 ft for safe release of Blue Steel.

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The first update on the Panorama took place in 1961 ; the side profile was reduced to a slight curve in the waistrail and roofline and the number of pillars further reduced.

However, his profile with the company was considerably raised when he gave a much lauded portrayal of Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen in 1961 ; a role he performed with the company again in 1964.

Many other high profile championships have been staged on the course including several U. S. Amateur Championships including the victory by Jack Nicklaus in 1961.

Yelena Yason-Manizer was also author of the original bas-relief at the end of the station which featured a large profile of Joseph Stalin and Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union which was removed in 1961 and in 1967 replaced with present mosaic by the same author Morning of the Cosmic Era.

Lary was selected to the American League All-Star team in 1960 and 1961 and won the Gold Glove Award in 1961.

A good hitting pitcher, Lary defeated the Yankees 4-3 on May 12, 1961, by hitting a lead off Home Run in the top of the 9th inning.

Lary also threw a career-high and league-leading 22 complete games in 1961.

Lary was also selected for the American League All-Star team and won the Gold Glove Award in 1961.

Lary was a workhorse for the Tigers from 1955 to 1961.

Sports dramas became inspiration such as The Hustler ( 1961 ) and Downhill Racer ( 1969 ).

* Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ( 1961, title obtained as a reward for a space flight )

* In the 1961 song " Top Forty, News, Weather And Sports " by Mark Dinning, the verse " I had Lumumba doing the rumba ..." was removed after his death a few weeks after the release of the record.

Wide World of Sports debuted April 29, 1961 and was the creation of Edgar J. Scherick through his company, Sports Programs, Inc. After selling his company to the American Broadcasting Company, Scherick hired a young Roone Arledge to produce the show.

The first permanent Hockey Hall of Fame, which shared a building with the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, was opened on August 26, 1961, by Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

Category: Sports clubs established in 1961

* Sunday Sports Spectacular: Jackie Gleason with the putter and cue ( 1961 )

* ABC's Wide World of Sports ( 1961 – 1998 )

* Wide World of Sports ( 1961 – 1997 )

* Wide World of Sports ( 1961 – 1997 )

* ABC's Wide World of Sports ( 1961 – 1998 )

* April 29 – ABC's Wide World of Sports debuts ( 1961 – 2006 ).

The early Canadian Grand Prix was one of the premier events of the new Canadian Sports Car Championship, a series which had been created alongside the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park near Toronto in 1961.

Steerable front wheels, jewelled headlights and rear lights and an opening boot complete with spare wheel were added on the Bentley Continental Sports Saloon ( 224 ) in April 1961, and by October 1963 with the release of the Ghia L6. 4 ( 241 ) new levels of authenticity were reached.

In 1961, the 2-door hardtop was marketed as the Lancer 770 Sports Coupe, essentially a " performance appearance package ".

The Relays were featured in the April 29, 1961, premiere of ABC's Wide World of Sports.

" Later in his career, Cash claimed he used a corked bat in 1961, even showing Sports Illustrated how he made one.

McKay is best known for hosting ABC's Wide World of Sports ( 1961 – 1998 ).

The Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena became a companion facility to the adjacent Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and home court to the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA from October 1960 to December 1967, the Los Angeles Clippers also of the NBA from 1984 – 1999, the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL from October to December 1967 during their inaugural 1967-68 season, the USC Trojans basketball team of the NCAA from 1959 – 2006, the UCLA Bruins Basketball team of the NCAA from 1959 – 1965 and again as a temporary home in 2011-2012, the Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League from 1961 to 1967, the Los Angeles Sharks of the WHA from 1972 – 1974, the Los Angeles Cobras of the AFL in 1988, and the original Los Angeles Stars of the ABA from 1968 – 1970.

He has designed Universiada Hall ( 1961 ), Olympic Sports Complex in Accra, Ghana ( 1961 ), the building of the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow ( 1977 ), Boyana residence ( 1974 ), National Historical Museum ( 1974 former government residence-Boyana ) and many memorial complexes.

At the end of 1961 CCA changed its name once again to CSA Steaua București ( Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua – Army Sports Club Steaua ).

In 1961, Guttmann founded the British Sports Association for the Disabled which would later become known as the English Federation of Disability Sport.

In the early 1960s, Morrow anonymously illustrated three literary adaptations for Classics Illustrated: The Octopus by Frank Norris (# 159, Nov. 1960 ); Master of the World by Jules Verne (# 163, July 1961 ); and The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas (# 165, Jan. 1962 ), which he said he penciled and inked at the rate of " eight pages a day ... as fast as I've ever been able to go " since " I'd moved to California and needed those checks badly.

" Morrow also supplied drawings for chapters in Classics Illustrated Special Issue # 159A, Rockets, Jets and Missiles ( Dec. 1960 ), and in 13 World Around Us issues ranging from Prehistoric Animals ( Nov. 1959 ) to Famous Teens ( May 1961 ).

In 1961, Drapers Record was bought along with the Illustrated London News, Men's Wear and the Tatler by the Thomson Corporation and formed into the new Thomson Publications business.

In 1961, Illustrated Newspapers, which published Tatler, The Sphere, and The Illustrated London News, was bought by Roy Thomson.

The Food of the Gods was first adapted for the comics in January 1961, for Classics Illustrated No. 160, with a painted cover by Gerald McCann, script by Alfred Sundel, and interior artwork by Tony Tallarico.

Strat-O-Matic began as a company in 1961, when Hal Richman, a Bucknell University mathematics student, began selling an early version of his baseball tabletop game out of his basement, buying advertising space in Sports Illustrated to aid sales.

His books for Classics Illustrated included Romeo and Juliet ( No. 134, September 1956 ); Lord Jim ( No. 136, January 1957 ); The Little Savage ( No. 137, March 1957 ); In the Reign of Terror ( No. 139, July 1957 ); The Crisis ( No. 145, July 1958 ); The Buccaneer ( No. 148, January 1959 ); The Three Musketeers ( No. 1, revised, May 1959 ); The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( No. 18, revised, with Reed Crandall, Fall 1960 ); Oliver Twist ( No. 23, revised, with Reed Crandall, Fall 1961 ); Julius Caesar ( No. 68, revised, with Reed Crandall, 1962 ); and In Freedom's Cause ( No. 168, with Reed Crandall, 1962 ; published UK 1963 ; published US 1969 ).

The next year she was the low amateur at the U. S. Women's Open, and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1961 at age 16.

" The way college basketball draws ," he told Sports Illustrated in 1961, " the Knicks are nothing but a tax write-off anyway.

The expanded version appeared after publication of the book in the weekly magazine Women's Illustrated from December 24, 1960 to January 7, 1961 under the alternative title of The Theft of the Royal Ruby with illustrations by Zelinksi.

* Pierre McGuire ( born 1961 ), Sports Illustrated columnist.

AWI has published a Standard of Care for woodworking since 1961, called the Quality Standards Illustrated.