What day of the week was August 10, 1961?

The day of the week August 10th, 1961 fell on was a Thursday.

Jon Farriss the Australian drummer (INXS) was born on 10 August in 1961.

Julia Peterkin the American author (b. 1880) died on this day in 1961.

First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.