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The following events occurred in July 1961. ==July 1, 1961 (Saturday)== *At the request of the Emir of Kuwait, 7,000 British troops and 1,200 Saudi troops arrived to protect the small nation against a possible invasion by Iraq.〔Hala Mundhir Fattah and Frank Caso, ''A Brief History of Iraq'' (Infobase Publishing, 2009) p203〕 *The Dowry Prohibition Act went into effect in India, prohibiting the solicitation or payment of money from one family to another as consideration for a marriage.〔Jodi O'Brien, ''Encyclopedia of Gender and Society'' (Volume 1) (SAGE, 2008)〕 *Martin's Fantasy Island, a theme park on Grand Island near Buffalo, New York, opened as "Fantasy Island".〔Jim Futrell, ''Amusement Parks of New York'' (Stackpole Books, 2006) p157〕 *Ana Griselda Vegas of Caracas was crowned Miss Venezuela 1961. *Martha Helen Kostyra, 19, married Andrew Stewart in New York City. Although the two divorced in 1989, she kept her married name as Martha Stewart as she built her fortune.〔Joann F. Price, ''Martha Stewart: A Biography'' (Greenwood Publishing, 2007) p28〕 *Born: Diana Spencer, later Diana, Princess of Wales, at Sandringham, Norfolk, England, at 7:45 pm GMT (killed in auto accident, 1997); Carl Lewis, American track athlete, in Birmingham, Alabama; and Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut, in Karnal, Haryana State, India (killed in Columbia shuttle disaster, 2003) *Died: Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 67, French doctor and writer 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「July 1961」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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