1961

Summary

1961 is a calendar year^[1]. 1961 draws 1,788 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_year category, ranking #60 of 522).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1961's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[3].
• 1961's instance of is recorded as common year starting and ending on Sunday^[4].
• 1961 followed 1960^[5].
• 1961 was followed by 1962^[6].
• 1961 is part of 1960s^[7].
• 1961 is part of Gregorian calendar^[8].
• 1961's Commons category is recorded as 1961^[9].
• 1961 comprises August 1961^[10].
• 1961 comprises April 1961^[11].
• 1961 comprises February 1961^[12].
• 1961 comprises January 1961^[13].
• 1961 comprises July 1961^[14].
• 1961 comprises June 1961^[15].
• 1961 comprises May 1961^[16].
• 1961 comprises March 1961^[17].
• 1961 comprises October 1961^[18].
• 1961 comprises September 1961^[19].
• 1961 comprises December 1961^[20].
• 1961 comprises November 1961^[21].
• 1961 occurred on January 1, 1961^[22].
• 1961's significant event is recorded as Vostok 1^[23].
• 1961's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1961^[24].
• 1961's Commons gallery is recorded as 1961^[25].
• 1961's different from is recorded as 1961^[26].
• 1961's has list is recorded as list of state leaders in 1961^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include calendar year^[3] and common year starting and ending on Sunday^[4].

Use and Application

Components include August 1961^[10], an August^[28]; April 1961^[11], an April^[29]; February 1961^[12], a February^[30]; January 1961^[13], a January^[31]; July 1961^[14], a July^[32]; and June 1961^[15], a June^[33]. Part of include 1960s^[7], a decade^[34] and Gregorian calendar^[8], an arithmetic calendar^[35], founded in 1582^[36].

Why It Matters

1961 draws 1,788 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_year category, ranking #60 of 522).^[2] 1961 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] 1961 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]