1961

Full moon telegram 1961

Born at full moon

• 01.04.1961 – Regine Mösenlechner, German downhill skier
• 30.04.1961 – Thomas Schaaf, German footballer and coach
• 23.10.1961 – Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish footballer

Deceased at full moon

• 30.05.1961 – Werner Richard Heymann, German composer and conductor (1896-1961)
• 27.07.1961 – Anni Krahnstöver, German politician (1904-1961)
• 23.10.1961 – Paul Hertz, German politician (1888-1961)

Events at full moon

• 31.01.1961 – Ham, a 37 pound heavy male chimpanzee is shot into space in the “Mercury-Redstone 2” space craft, to test the project “Mercury Capsule”, which has been designed for US astronauts