Popular Culture
- The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
- British satirical magazine Private Eye is published for first time
- The Pony become a popular dance
- Black and white 5 pound notes cease to be legal tender in the UK
Popular Films
- The Guns of Navarone
- The Parent Trap
- The Absent-Minded Professor
- 101 Dalmatians
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- El Cid
- The Misfits
- The Hustler
- West Side Story
Popular TV
- Wagon Train
- Bonanza
- Gunsmoke
- Perry Mason
- The Red Skelton Show
- Andy Griffith
- Candid Camera
- My Three Sons
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- The Twilight Zone
- Mister Ed (first broadcast in October, 1961)
- The Avengers debut in the UK. But it was not seen in the U.S. until 1965.
Most popular recorded songs of 1961 in the US:
- Wonderland by Night Bert Kaempfert
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles
- Calcutta Lawrence Welk
- Pony Time Chubby Checker
- Surrender Elvis Presley
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