Timeline June 1961

Events in June 1961 10

• 1875 – 1961 Carl Jung Analytical Psychology Psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology; famous for the concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious.
• 1961 French Open 1961 Men: Manuel Santana · Women: Ann Haydon
• 1961 – 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961-2023) Died 23 August 2023, aged 62 Russian businessman who founded the Wagner Group and led an armed mutiny against the Russian military. He died in a plane crash two months later.
• 1961 Vienna Summit Kennedy and Khrushchev meet over Berlin and Cold War tensions President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev held a tense two-day summit in Vienna focused on Berlin, nuclear arms, and Cold War rivalry. Kennedy later described the meeting as one of his toughest encounters, and it preceded the building of the Berlin Wall weeks later.
• 1961 Patsy Cline badly injured in a car crash Nashville She survives a head-on crash and returns on crutches.
• 1961 Kuwait independence Ends British protectorate status Kuwait gained full independence from the United Kingdom, ending decades as a British protectorate. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became the country's ruler, and Kuwait soon joined the Arab League and United Nations.
• 1961 – present Manu Chao Franco-Spanish singer-songwriter Manu Chao (born 1961, Paris) — full name José Manuel Arturo Tomás Chao Ortega — is a Franco-Spanish singer-songwriter who blends punk, reggae, ska, salsa, flamenco and Arab music with fiercely political lyrics in up to seven languages. He rose to fame with Mano Negra (1987-1994) before a hugely successful solo career with albums including Clandestino (1998) and Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001).
• 1961 Manu Chao born in Paris 21 June 1961 José Manuel Arturo Tomás Chao Ortega was born in Paris on 21 June 1961, the son of Galician writer and journalist Ramón Chao and Basque physicist Felisa Ortega — Spanish Republicans who had fled Franco's dictatorship. His grandfather had been sentenced to death by the Franco regime.
• 1961 Curt Smith born 24 June 1961, Bath Curt Smith was born on 24 June 1961 in Bath, Somerset, England — he would become the band's bassist and the voice behind "Mad World", "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head over Heels".
• 1961 – present Greg LeMond The American Pioneer First non-European to win the Tour; famously won the 1989 edition by 8 seconds. Winner: 3x Tour de France.