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Months in Year 1961: January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Jan 7th - 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
Jan 14th - Chic Bear Willard Dewveall becomes 1st NFLer to join AFL
Jan 15th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31
Jan 15th - Suggs wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational Open
Jan 25th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Feb 1st - Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
Feb 10th - AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego
Feb 12th - Celtic Bill Russell grabs 40 rebounds to beat Warriors 136-125
Feb 12th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
Feb 12th - Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
Feb 14th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Royal Poinciana Golf Invitational
Feb 15th - Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
Feb 25th - Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
Mar 11th - Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks & Maple Leafs (20 each)
Mar 12th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Miami Golf Open
Mar 13th - Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 for Heavyweight boxing title
Mar 14th - George Weiss becomes pres of NY Mets
Mar 21st - Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
Mar 24th - NY Senate approves $55M for a baseball stadium at Flushing Meadows
Basketball Player Bill Russell Mar 25th - 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT)
Mar 25th - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
Mar 26th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival
Apr 10th - 25th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
Apr 10th - New Wash Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox
Apr 11th - 15th NBA-championship">NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
Apr 12th - Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
Apr 16th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
Apr 16th - Stanley Cup: Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 2
Apr 19th - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39
Apr 23rd - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
Apr 26th - Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961
Apr 27th - NFL officially recognizes Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio
Apr 28th - Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no hitter at 41 beats SF Giants, 1-0
Apr 29th - ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
American Baseball Player Roger Maris Apr 30th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
Apr 30th - SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game
May 6th - 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04
May 7th - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open
May 9th - Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minnesota Twins
May 14th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open
May 20th - 87th Preakness: Johnny Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 1:57.6
May 27th - Ralph Boston of US, sets then Long Jump record at 27' ½"
Jun 3rd - 93rd Belmont: Braulio Baeza aboard Sherluck wins in 2:29.2
Jun 4th - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Western Golf Open
Jun 8th - Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v Eng at Edgbaston, 57
Jun 8th - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
Jun 9th - Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox
Jun 11th - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
Jun 11th - Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs
Baseball Player Hank Aaron Jun 12th - An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn
Jun 17th - 61st US Golf Open: Gene Littler shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
Jun 18th - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Jun 19th - NY Yankee Roger Maris hits his 25th of 61 HRs
Jun 23rd - Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak
Jun 23rd - Phillies overcome 9-0, losing 11-2 they score 4 in 8th & 6 in 9th
Jun 29th - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season
Jul 1st - 16th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
Jul 5th - St Louis Cardinal Bill White hits 3 HRs & a double
Jul 7th - 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64)
Jul 11th - 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
Jul 15th - 90th British Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale
Jul 16th - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Tippecanoe Golf Open
Jul 16th - Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 2"
Jul 17th - Roger Maris loses a HR (of his 61) due to a rain-out in 5th
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks Jul 18th - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
Jul 23rd - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
Jul 24th - Roger Maris hits 4 home runs, in a doubleheader
Jul 29th - Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games
Jul 30th - 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL
Jul 30th - Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open
Jul 31st - 31st All Star Baseball Game: 1-1 tie ends by rain at Fenway, Boston
Aug 2nd - St Louis Cards (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 36-7 in Toronto
Aug 4th - 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000)
Aug 5th - Chic Bears (NFL) beat Mont Alouettes (CFL) 34-16 in Montreal
Aug 6th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
Aug 8th - Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
Aug 11th - Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
Aug 13th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
Aug 14th - Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game
Aug 20th - Phillies set then dubious record of 23 straight loses, beat Braves
Aug 27th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open
Aug 30th - Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
Sep 10th - 75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64)
Sep 10th - 81st US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62)
Sep 10th - Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
Sep 10th - Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari.
Sep 15th - 61st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
Sep 17th - Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
Sep 20th - Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
Sep 24th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
Sep 26th - Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
Oct 1st - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Open
Oct 1st - Roger Maris sets record of 61 HRs (off of Tracy Stallard)
Oct 4th - Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout
Oct 7th - 15th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Chicago 3-1 at Chicago
Oct 8th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament
Oct 8th - Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32
Oct 9th - NY Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series
Oct 9th - Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning
Oct 9th - World Series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
Oct 10th - Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros & NY Mets
Oct 14th - 14th Ryder Cup: US wins, 14½-9½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes, England
Oct 22nd - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Golf Civitan
Oct 27th - American Basketball League starts play
Oct 28th - Ground broken for Municipal (Shea) Stadium for NY Mets
Nov 8th - Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn
Nov 9th - PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
Nov 15th - Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
Nov 22nd - Frank Robinson is 1st to win MVPs in both major leagues
Nov 22nd - St Louis Hawk Bob Pettit sets NBA record, hitting 19 of 19 free throws
Nov 25th - NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
Nov 26th - Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball
Nov 27th - Gordie Howe becomes 1st to play in 1,000 NHL games
Nov 30th - Billy Williams of the Cubs is voted NL Rookie of Year
Dec 3rd - Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese Judo world champion
Dec 4th - Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for Heavyweight boxing title
Dec 4th - Smallest NY Knick, 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
Dec 8th - Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
Dec 8th - Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
Dec 9th - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs NY
Dec 18th - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 78 points vs LA
Dec 24th - Houston Oilers beat San Diego Chargers 10-3 in AFL championship game
Dec 31st - Green Bay Packers shutout NY Giants 37-0 in NFL Championship game