TV actor Shishir Kurup

Events in 1961 and 2-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Shishir Kurup

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Shishir Kurup (2-11) in history

• Day 2-11 year 1889: North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.
• Day 2-11 year 1947: Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.
• Day 2-11 year 1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.
• Day 2-11 year 1959: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
• Day 2-11 year 1976: Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War.
• Day 2-11 year 1984: Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.
• Day 2-11 year 2003: V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the church.