| | NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1961 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | March 15 - South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. |
 | | Flag of South Kasai South Kasai was a secessionist region in the area of south central Congo (Kinshasa) during the early 1960âs. |
 | | Rudolf Nureyev in 1961 Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (Russian spelling Ð ÑдолÑÑ Ð¥Ð°Ð¼ÐµÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÑеев, Tatar form Rudolf Xämät ulı Nuriev) (17 March 1938 â 6 January 1993), Soviet-born dancer, was one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century, alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov. |
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