NEWS OF THE RIALTO: OLD VIC OPENS AT CITY CENTER
Date: 31 December 1961
By LEWIS FUNKE
Lewis FUNKE
picture article on key personalities in news, '61
Nina Li (actress) Birthday, Date of Birth
Nina Li Chi (born December 31, 1961) is a retired Hong Kong actress. She is also known by her Chinese name Li Chi or Li Zhi (Chinese: 利智). She is best known for being the wife of famous martial artist and actor Jet Li.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Sunday, December 31, 1961
- Place of Birth
- 广东省
- Age
- 63
- Star Sign
- ♑
The December 31, 1961 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 364 day of the year. President of the United States was John F. Kennedy.
If you were born on this day, you are 63 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 259 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 105 days. You have lived for 23,270 days, or about 558,481 hours, or about 33,508,893 minutes, or about 2,010,533,580 seconds.
Some people who share this birthday:
- Anthony Hopkins (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, performing artist, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1937)
- Val Kilmer (actor, film actor, film producer, poet, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1959)
- Alex Ferguson (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, born December 31, 1941)
- Salman of Saudi Arabia (politician, born December 31, 1935)
- Johnny Sins (YouTuber, pornographic actor, television producer, born December 31, 1978)
- Lord Voldemort (fictional tyrant, serial killer, born December 31, 1926)
- Ben Kingsley (actor, character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1943)
- Cicero (Ancient Roman military personnel, Ancient Roman politician, Ancient Roman priest, jurist, lawyer, orator, philosopher, poet, political theorist, politician, writer, born January 3, 106)
- John Denver (actor, aircraft pilot, composer, film actor, guitarist, lyricist, musician, poet, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, writer, born December 31, 1943)
- John, King of England (monarch, born December 24, 1166)
- Donald Trump Jr. (businessperson, entrepreneur, television presenter, born December 31, 1977)
- Donna Summer (actor, composer, musician, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born December 31, 1948)
- Henri Matisse (ceramicist, designer, draftsperson, drawer, exlibrist, graphic artist, painter, printmaker, sculptor, born December 31, 1869)
- Tim Matheson (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, television director, voice actor, born December 31, 1947)
- Lance Reddick (film actor, musician, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Psy (choreographer, film actor, rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, television producer, born December 31, 1977)
- Gabby Douglas (artistic gymnast, autobiographer, born December 31, 1995)
- Steve Bruce (association football manager, association football player, born December 31, 1960)
- Charles Edward Stuart (military leader, pretender, born December 31, 1720)
- Gong Li (actor, film actor, born December 31, 1965)
- Umm Kulthum (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1904)
- Mohamedou Ould Slahi (engineer, telecommunications engineer, writer, born December 31, 1970)
- James Remar (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1953)
- Nicholas Sparks (athletics competitor, film producer, novelist, screenwriter, taekwondo athlete, writer, born December 31, 1965)
- Ashley Zukerman (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1983)
- Bebe Neuwirth (actor, ballet dancer, dancer, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1958)
- Simon Wiesenthal (Nazis hunter, architect, autobiographer, born December 31, 1908)
- Ricky Whittle (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1981)
- Heather McCartney (artist, designer, potter, born December 31, 1962)
- Diego Sanchez (mixed martial arts fighter, born December 31, 1981)
- John Allen Muhammad (criminal sniper, serial killer, spree killer, born December 31, 1960)
- Lawrence of Rome (Catholic deacon, born December 31, 225)
- Horacio Quiroga (dramaturge, poet, short story writer, writer, born December 31, 1878)
- George Marshall (American football player, diplomat, military officer, politician, born December 31, 1880)
- Yōsuke Eguchi (actor, poet, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1967)
- Ben Domenech (blogger, journalist, political pundit, born December 31, 1981)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (diplomat, military officer, official, politician, born December 31, 1738)
- Taylor Hackford (film director, film producer, screenwriter, trade unionist, born December 31, 1944)
- Isma'il Pasha (politician, born December 31, 1831)
- Ramana Maharshi (philosopher, writer, born December 31, 1879)
- Joe Abercrombie (film editor, science fiction writer, writer, born December 31, 1974)
- Diane von Fürstenberg (businessperson, fashion designer, socialite, born December 31, 1946)
- Joey McIntyre (composer, musician, singer, stage actor, born December 31, 1972)
- Andy Summers (composer, guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician, photographer, born December 31, 1942)
- Juan López (baseball player, drug trafficker, born December 31, 1971)
- Alex Salmond (economist, politician, born December 31, 1954)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1989)
- Arlyn Phoenix (activist, born December 31, 1944)
- Rebecca Rigg (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1967)
- Nikolay Tsiskaridze (ballet dancer, choreographer, rector, born December 31, 1973)
- Prabhu Ganesan (actor, born December 31, 1956)
- Giovanni Pascoli (literary critic, poet, translator, writer, born December 31, 1855)
- Melanie Scrofano (actor, film actor, born December 31, 1982)
- Pola Negri (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, writer, born December 31, 1899)
- Tsuda Umeko (feminist, teacher, born December 31, 1864)
- Maki Ohguro (composer, lyricist, music arranger, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1969)
- Rosanne Mulholland (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1980)
- Barbara Carrera (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1945)
- Jan Smit (actor, presenter, singer, songwriter, television presenter, born December 31, 1985)
- Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu (politician, veterinarian, born December 31, 1954)
- Lynn Compton (baseball player, judge, lawyer, police officer, born December 31, 1921)
- Sultan Cem (poet, politician, born December 22, 1459)
- Jeff Flake (politician, born December 31, 1962)
- Sarah Miles (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 31, 1941)
- Nina Li (beauty pageant contestant, film actor, born December 31, 1961)
- Rita Lee (actor, children's writer, composer, guitarist, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, writer, born December 31, 1947)
- Edward Bunker (actor, drug trafficker, film actor, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born December 31, 1933)
- Scott Ian (composer, guitarist, musician, born December 31, 1963)
- Konishiki Yasokichi (musician, rikishi, born December 31, 1963)
- Petros Filipidis (actor, comedian, director, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Marta Hazas (actor, journalist, born December 31, 1977)
- Hermann Tilke (architect, civil engineer, racing automobile driver, born December 31, 1954)
- Go-Yōzei (politician, sovereign, born December 21, 1571)
- Noriko Nakagoshi (actor, fashion model, model, born December 31, 1979)
- Michael McDonald (actor, comedian, dancer, film director, film producer, impersonator, impressionist, screenwriter, singer, television actor, television director, television producer, voice actor, born December 31, 1964)
- Katayoun Riahi (actor, born December 31, 1961)
- Tim Considine (actor, screenwriter, sportswriter, television actor, born December 31, 1940)
- Elaine Cassidy (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 31, 1979)
- Lisa Lillien (businessperson, television actor, born December 31, 1969)
- Vernon Wells (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1945)
- Siw Malmkvist (schlager singer, stage actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1936)
- Lisa Joyner (journalist, born December 31, 1966)
- Claudia Kleinert (television presenter, born December 31, 1969)
- Brent Barry (basketball player, born December 31, 1971)
- Simon Astier (actor, film director, screenwriter, born December 31, 1983)
- Craig Gordon (association football player, born December 31, 1982)
- Deniz Çakır (actor, born December 31, 1982)
- Richie McCaw (rugby union player, born December 31, 1980)
- Seydou Doumbia (association football player, born December 31, 1987)
- Takahiro Azuma (actor, owarai tarento, tarento, born December 31, 1969)
- George Meade (engineer, military personnel, born December 31, 1815)
- ND Stevenson (comics artist, comics writer, television producer, writer, born December 31, 1991)
- Burton Cummings (actor, keyboardist, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 31, 1947)
- Sayaka Ichii (actor, fashion model, model, singer, born December 31, 1983)
- Luciano Szafir (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1968)
- Kim Bo-yeon (actor, film actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1957)
- Elizabeth Arden (businessperson, cosmetologist, entrepreneur, born December 31, 1881)
- Priscilla Shirer (actor, film actor, motivational speaker, writer, born December 31, 1974)
- Jane Badler (beauty pageant contestant, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1953)
- Joe Dallesandro (actor, film actor, film producer, model, pornographic actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 31, 1948)
- Martin Pistorius (author, web developer, born December 31, 1975)
- Reiko Yoshida (mangaka, screenwriter, born December 31, 1967)
- Chris Terrio (film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born December 31, 1976)
- Paul Rodriguez (skateboarder, born December 31, 1984)
- Fumie Suguri (figure skater, figure skating choreographer, born December 31, 1980)
- Grégory Coupet (association football player, goalkeeper coach, born December 31, 1972)
- Jaime Escalante (educator, mathematician, teacher, born December 31, 1930)
- Marcelinho Carioca (association football player, politician, born December 31, 1971)
- Margaret Travolta (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1946)
- Muhterem Nur (actor, singer, born December 31, 1932)
- Ryan Blaney (racing automobile driver, born December 31, 1993)
- Tony Kanaan (racing automobile driver, triathlete, born December 31, 1974)
- Princess Isabella of Parma (aristocrat, born December 31, 1741)
- Jordan Banjo (ballet dancer, television presenter, born December 31, 1992)
- Sakata Tōjūrō IV (actor, kabuki actor, born December 31, 1931)
- Machi Tawara (poet, tanka poet, translator, writer, born December 31, 1962)
- Bradley Dack (association football player, born December 31, 1993)
- Donnie Steele (bassist, guitarist, born December 31, 1967)
- Mark Wallace (lawyer, born December 31, 1967)
- Tom Hamilton (bassist, songwriter, born December 31, 1951)
- Kavita Radheshyam (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1984)
- Trevor Phillips (businessperson, journalist, political scientist, politician, television producer, born December 31, 1953)
- Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (actor, born December 31, 1930)
- Micah Hyde (American football player, born December 31, 1990)
- Bright Osayi-Samuel (association football player, born December 31, 1997)
- Émile Loubet (lawyer, politician, born December 31, 1838)
- Yuki Hayashi (composer, gymnast, music arranger, singer, born December 31, 1980)
- Sean S. Cunningham (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born December 31, 1941)
- Chhota Shakeel (gangster, born December 31, 1960)
- Don Diamont (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Recy Taylor (sharecropper, born December 31, 1919)
- Yusif Mammadaliyev (chemist, politician, born December 31, 1905)
- Naser Abdollahi (artist, composer, musician, singer, born December 31, 1970)
- Kenny Roberts (motorcycle rider, born December 31, 1951)
- Katy Karrenbauer (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1962)
- Sam Faiers (model, television presenter, born December 31, 1990)
- Patrick Chan (figure skater, born December 31, 1990)
- Paul Westerberg (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1959)
- Valentina Vargas (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1964)
- Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent (cricketer, born December 31, 1983)
- Gerhard Ludwig Müller (Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, born December 31, 1947)
- Kai Hahto (drummer, musician, born December 31, 1973)
- Rosalind Cash (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1938)
- Nemanja Nikolić (association football player, born December 31, 1987)
- Javaris Crittenton (basketball player, born December 31, 1987)
- Odetta (actor, guitarist, recording artist, singer, songwriter, television actor, born December 31, 1930)
- Charlene Amoia (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1969)
- Peter Mogila (Eastern Orthodox priest, priest, born December 31, 1596)
- Lucho Fernandez (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1984)
- Ceza (musician, rapper, singer, born December 31, 1976)
31st of December 1961 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 31, 1961
ROBERT SARNOFF ON TV FREEDOM; N.B.C. Head Discusses Rights and Duties Of Broadcaster
Date: 31 December 1961
By ROBERT W. SARNOFF
Robert SARNOFF
R W Sarnoff, in article urging press freedom be extended to broadcasting, quotes Sulzberger on press freedom
Making News Available to Blind
Date: 31 December 1961
BUCKNER HOLLINGSWORTH
Buckner HOLLINGSWORTH
EASING OF SECRECY ON SATELLITES DUE; U.S. Reviewing Military Curb Contrary to U.N. Policy Orbit Data Kept Secret
Date: 01 January 1962
By JOHH W. FINNEY Special to The New York Times
Johh FINNEY
Kennedy Adm forced to reconsider strict secrecy on mil satellite launchings because of US-sponsored resolution in UN urging internatl cooperation for prompt disclosure of data on launchings
NEWS OF TV AND RADIO; Twist and Tunes Will Hail 1962 -- Items
Date: 31 December 1961
By VAL ADAMS
Val ADAMS
News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day International National Metropolitan Sports
Date: 01 January 1962
NEWS OF THE STAMP WORLD; New States Complicate Philately of 1961 -- U.S. Output
Date: 31 December 1961
By DAVID LIDMAN
David LIDMAN
New Guinea, Territory of: Port Moresby scene is on stamp due in '62
TRANSPORT NEWS: U.S. FLEET GROWS; 7 More Merchant Vessels Bring Total to 933
Date: 31 December 1961
NEWS NOTES: CLASSROOM AND CAMPUS; State Department Aids African Study; Schools Vs. Pupils' Personality
Date: 31 December 1961
librarian Mrs Fayer repts students now borrow 39% more books than those 10 yrs ago; sees 50% increase in student reading
ORDERS FOR STEEL EXCEED CAPACITY; News From Plants Indicates Strong 1962 First Half As Demand Persists SOME CAUTION VOICED Seasonal Factors Expected to Soften Possible Quick End to Stock Build-Up Forecasts Raised Seasonal Factors Noted ORDERS FOR STEEL EXCEED CAPACITY
Date: 01 January 1962
Special to The New York Times