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This article lists events that occurred during 1961 in Estonia.

Incumbents

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Events

1 December – Tallinn Botanic Garden was established.^[1]
Construction of Õismäe (subdivision of Tallinn) starts. Construction is ended 1973.^[2]

Births

22 April - Alo Mattiisen, composer
2 October - Jaan Toomik, video artist, painter, and filmmaker

Deaths

14 January - Herman Aav, head of Finnish Orthodox Church
4 April - Harald Riipalu, commander in the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during World War II
20 April - Ado Vabbe, painter
14 September - Ernst Gustav Kühnert, architect and art historian

References

^ "Garden Search: Estonia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Toivo Miljan (2004). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Estonia. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6571-6.

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