1961

«	1961	»

The year 1961 (MCMLXI) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by twenty three years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Fiction

• Dracula's resurrection is stopped by Simon Belmondo. DreamMix TV World Fighters Alternately, this occurred in 1691.
• Sentinel Prime's ship the Ark carrying the Space Bridge Pillars crash lands on the moon. USA detects this and is determined to find it before the Russians

Non-Fiction

Births

• ???? — Richard Marcej, Javier Saltares, Graham McTavish

January

• January 27 — Hiroko Emori

February

• February 18 — Hironobu Kageyama

March

• March 20 — Louis Chirillo
• March 22 — Simon Furman

April

• April 10 — James Taylor
• April 18 — Jamieson Price
• April 23 — Art Wetherell
• April 29 — Fumihiko Tachiki

May

• May 6 — Wally Wingert

June

• June 4 — Julie White
• June 30 — Christopher J. Priest

July

• July 2 — Michael Lindsay
• July 5 — Yasunori Masutani
• July 24 — Salvador Delgado

August

• August 4 — Barack Obama
• August 25 — Kev Hopgood

September

• September 2 — Miyoko Aoba
• September 18 — Brian Garvey
• September 28 — Takamune Negishi

October

• October 1 — Akira Nishimori

December

• December 4 — Chafūrin
• December 6 — Robin Riggs