Timeline February 1961

Events in February 1961 6

• 1905 – 1961 Anna May Wong (1905-1961) American actress, the first Chinese American film star, who fought against Hollywood's stereotypes of Asians.
• 1960 – 1961 Mack the Knife -- live Berlin recording Fitzgerald's live recording at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin in February 1960 -- released as 'Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife' -- captures one of jazz's most celebrated unrehearsed moments. Performing 'Mack the Knife,' she forgets the words after the first chorus and improvises entirely new lyrics, narrating her own memory lapse with brilliant wit and rhythmic invention. The recording wins the Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance. It is the most famous demonstration of Fitzgerald's improvisational genius and her ability to transform a mistake into a triumph.
• 1961 Anna May Wong dies in Santa Monica Anna May Wong dies aged 56.
• 1961 Angolan War of Independence begins Uprising against Portuguese colonial rule Nationalist militants attacked prisons and plantations in Luanda, opening a thirteen-year armed struggle against Portuguese rule in Angola. The conflict became one of the longest wars of decolonization in Africa, ending only in 1974.
• 1961 First Cavern Club show Liverpool's most famous venue — February 9, 1961 The Beatles played the first of their 292 performances at the Cavern Club in Liverpool on February 9, 1961. It was here that Brian Epstein first saw them perform in November 1961 and became their manager.
• 1961 – present Erna Solberg Iron Erna Served as Prime Minister for 8 years (2013-2021).