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Sep 13, 2021

Books: "Franny and Zooey," by J.D. Salinger

Sept. 13, 1961 - Hitting bookstores today is "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger. The book comprises his short story "Franny" and novella...

Aug 30, 2021

Hemingway's Widow Calls Unpublished Manuscripts "Truly Great"

Aug. 30, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway's widow shipped several boxes of manuscripts to New York today, but said no decision had been made on...

Aug 24, 2021

Hemingway Leaves Entire Estate to Widow

Aug. 24, 1961 - The will of Ernest Hemingway, written in his own hand in stilted legal language, was filed for probate today in New York...

Aug 16, 2021

Dallas Police Ban Henry Miller Novel "Tropic of Cancer"

Aug. 16, 1961 - The Dallas police ordered bookstores in that city today to quit selling the controversial book "Tropic of Cancer" by...

Aug 5, 2021

Hemingway Friend Gored in Spanish Bull Ring, Condition Grave

Aug. 5, 1961 - Antonio Ordóñez, the Spanish matador, a close friend of the late Ernest Hemingway, was seriously gored in a Malaga...

Aug 5, 2021

Columbia Student and his Computer Conclude "Iliad" Composed by One Man

Aug. 5, 1961 - A graduate student at Columbia University has enlisted the aid of a modern electronic computer to solve a problem of...

Aug 1, 2021

Hemingway Death Certificate Doesn't Specify Whether a Suicide or Not

Aug. 1, 1961 - The death certificate concerning Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1935) was filed in Ketchum, Idaho today. It said the author...

Jul 27, 2021

Hemingway Left Many Unpublished Works

July 27, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway's widow said her husband's unpublished works included some poetry and at least two novels including a...

Jul 22, 2021

Cuba to Erect Monument to Hemingway

July 22, 1961 - Cuba is going to erect a monument to Ernest Hemingway (pictured meeting Fidel Castro at a Havana fishing tournament in...

Jul 7, 2021

Was Ernest Hemingway a Suicide?

July 7, 1961 - Mrs. Mary Hemingway (left) will meet four newsmen tomorrow morning to "clear up historical inaccuracies" about her late ...

Jul 6, 2021

Ernest Hemingway Buried

July 6, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1939) was buried today in the soil of the Western mountains he loved near the home where he...

Jul 5, 2021

Hemingway Family Gathers for Funeral

July 5, 1961 - The family of Ernest Hemingway (pictured with his father in 1928) was reunited today for the author's funeral tomorrow. ...

Jul 5, 2021

Matador Antonio Ordóñez Gives Public Tribute to Hemingway

July 4, 1961 - Antonio Ordóñez (pictured left in 1959 with Ernest Hemingway) killed two bulls in Jerez De La Frontera, Spain, today in ...

Jul 5, 2021

Novelist Louis-Ferdinand Céline Dead at 67

July 4, 1961 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline (pictured in 1932), French novelist, whose final years were clouded by wartime collaboration and ...

Jul 5, 2021

New James Bond Book"Thunderball" Hits Stores

July 3, 1961 - Hitting local bookstores today is "Thunderball," the latest James Bond mystery by Ian Fleming. Thunderball is the ninth ...

Jul 5, 2021

Madrid Mourns "Don Ernesto" Hemingway

July 3, 1961 - The death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1959) brought tears, shock, and mourning to Madrid today. In the city's cafés ...

Jul 5, 2021

No Inquest in Hemingway Shotgun Death

July 3, 1961 - There will be no inquest in the shotgun death of Ernest Hemingway (pictured in 1952), authorities in Blaine County,...

Jul 5, 2021

President Kennedy Mourns Hemingway

July 2, 1961 - President Kennedy mourned today the death of Ernest Hemingway, whom he called one of America's greatest authors and "one...

Jul 5, 2021

🚨Ernest Hemingway Dead at 61

July 2, 1961 - Ernest Hemingway was found dead this morning of a shotgun wound to the head at his home in Ketchum, Idaho. The Nobel and...