1961
April 3 - Eddie Murphy is born.
April 12 - Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to go to space.
May 12 - Bruce McCulloch is born.
May 31 - Lea Thompson is born.
June 9 - Michael J. Fox is born.
July 30 - Laurence Fishburne is born.
August 4 - Barack Obama is born.
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