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the film West Side Story was released 18th October 1961
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The Dick van Dyke Show premiered 3rd October 1961 after a pilot ran in 1960.
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ENTERTAINMENT TV Dr. Kildare was a medical drama TV series that ran from 28th September 1961 for 5 seasons. It was based on fictional doctor characters originally created by Max Brand in the 1930s and used by MGM in a popular film series and radio drama. The TV series quickly achieved success and…
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ENTERTAINMENT LITERATURE 2 LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER by D.H. LAWRENCE The novel was first published privately in Italy in 1928 and France the following year. It was not published openly in the UK until 1960 when the publishers, Penguin Books were charged under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959. The plot involves the class division prevalent…
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ENTERTAINMENT LITERATURE 1 THE TROPIC OF CANCER by HENRY MILLER The novel was published in France 1934 and immediately banned by the US Customs Service from being imported into the USA declaring it obscene. In 1950 the director of the American Civil Liberties Union attempted to import the book which led to a…
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SONGS OF PRAISE 1st October 1961 A long-running religious BBC programme Songs of Praise broadcasts church services and in particular the singing of Christian hymns from churches from a different place and of varying denominations each week. The first broadcast was in October 1961 from the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff. It is one…
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The World Wildlife Fund (for Nature) is an international organisation founded in April 1961. The purpose is to work in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. Amongst others, founder members were Prince Philip, Julian Huxley, …
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The Common Market 31st July 1961 UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan announced in the House of Commons that moves to try to join the European Common Market will now go ahead. Ted Heath, deputy foreign secretary was appointed to conduct the negotiations. The offer to negotiate for membership will depend on satisfactory arrangements for special…
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BOB DYLAN September 28th 1961 As a 20 year old he played his debut concert in New York’s Greenwich Village at Gerde’s Folk City. His music was described as a blend of nasal drawl of Depression-era folk singers and the growl of Southern Blues. An American singer/songwriter, author and visual artist Bob Dylan has…
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The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was founded November 1957 by Bertrand Russell, Fenner Brockway and Canon John Collins it is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom Between 1959 and 1965 CND organised the Aldermaston marches which became a feature of the Easter weekends of those years. At their height…
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