61 | 1961 In Review, Goldsboro, NC and Beyond

With all the '61' coding in the Gyrocopter Incident, it has me looking at the year '61.

• 1/20- JFK becomes President
• 1/24- Two nukes nearly detonated by accident near Goldsboro, NC
• Goldsboro = 7+6+3+4+1+2+6+9+6 = 44
• 1/25- First live televised Presidential US News Conference
• 3/29- 23rd Amendment Ratified
• 4/12- First man in Space (Russian)
• 4/17- 33rd Academy Awards
• 4/17-4/19- Bay of Pigs Invasion
• 5/5- First US Astronaut in Space
• 5/21- Martial Law declared in Alabama over race riots
• 7/21- Second American in Space
• 10/1- Roger Maris hits 61st HR, beating 34-year old Ruth record (Maris = 33)
• 11/1- Fantastic 4 Comic launches by Marvel
• 11/9- Neil Armstrong records record speed in rocket plane (X-15)
• 11/17- Michael Rockefeller disappears near New Guinea
• 11/18- JFK sends 18,000 inspects (Pre-Vietnam War)
• 11/20- The Funeral of longtime Speaker, Sam Rayburn (died 11/16/61)
• 12/11- Vietnam War begins

Recall that earlier this week there was a shooting in Goldsboro, NC.  (Goldsboro = 44)

Do you know who was born in 1961?  If you guess the 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama, give yourself a star.