Born in 1961

£1 in 1961 would be worth approximately £30.90 in today's money.

A selection from Wikipedia's '1961 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

• 7 January – The Avengers television series first screened on ITV.
• 15 March – The Jaguar E-Type, a sports car capable of reaching speeds of 150 mph, is launched as a two-seater roadster or 2+2 coupé (at the Geneva Motor Show). On 3 April it makes its racing debut by winning at Oulton Park.
• 20 March – Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, becomes the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and its company the Royal Shakespeare Company (Peter Hall (director)).
• 2 May – The United Kingdom becomes a member of the OECD.
• 28 May – Peter Benenson's article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organisation Amnesty International.
• 14 September – Film A Taste of Honey, including themes of interracial relationship, unmarried pregnancy and homosexuality, is released.
• 25 October – The first edition of Private Eye, the satirical magazine, is published in London.
• 9 December – Tanganyika gains independence from the United Kingdom.

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