16 June 1961 June 15, 2022 Author: Staff While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union Famous Words of Inspiration..."My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-five now, and we don't know where the hell she is." Ellen DeGeneres — Click here for more from Ellen DeGeneres Related posts: 16 June 1961 25 January 1961 12 February 1961 5 May 1961 10 September 1961 22 August 1961 12 February 1961 17 April 1961 1 September 1961 30 October 1961 Categories: History Tags: 16 June, 1961