Historical Events in June 1961

Jun 3 JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna

Jun 4 US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria

Jun 8 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v England at Edgbaston, 57

Jun 8 Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)

Jun 11 Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs

Jun 15 Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
Jun 16 Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host
Jun 16 Discoverer 25 launched
Jun 16 Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects to West at Le Bourget Airport in Paris
Jun 17 "Billy Barnes People" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 8 performances
Jun 17 61st US Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
Jun 18 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
Jun 18 KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Jun 19 "Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)" by Coasters peaks at #23
Jun 19 Charlie Finley, changes A's manager Joe Gordon (26-33) for Hank Bauer
Jun 19 Kuwait declares independence from UK
Jun 19 NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
Jun 19 US Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God
Jun 22 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo
Jun 22 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg
Jun 23 The Antarctic Treaty, ensuring that Antarctica is used for peaceful purposes; for international cooperation in scientific research; and does not become the scene or object of international discord, comes into force

Jun 23 Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak

Jun 23 Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th
Jun 23 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to an altitude of 32,830 m
Jun 23 11th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Night" wins the Golden Bear
Jun 24 "Happiest Girl in the World" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 97 performances
Jun 24 Beatles record "If You Love Me Baby"
Jun 24 Iraq demands dominion over Kuwait
Jun 25 Baltimore and California use a record 16 pitchers in a game (8 each) in 14 inns
Jun 25 Iraq announces that Kuwait is a part of Iraq (Kuwait disagrees)
Jun 27 Ghana imposes a total ban on exports to South Africa and South West Africa
Jun 28 Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 innings tie
Jun 29 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)

Jun 29 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season

Jun 29 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference in protest of the racial policies of the South African government
Jun 30 Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ
Jun 30 NASA Explorer Micrometeoroid research mission fails to reach Earth orbit