Famous Birthdays
- Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
- Storm Davis, baseball player
Famous Deaths
- Otto Loewi, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
- Owen Brewster, U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1888)
- Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies
1961 Highlights
About December 25, 1961
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 59 years and 27 days
Leap Year: No
Generation Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Capricorn