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United States 2/15/1961 US Figure Skating Team Killed in Plane Crash The US figure skating team was killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium. The eighteen member team was on its way to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.United States 8/1/1961 Six Flags Opens Six Flags Over Texas, first in the Six Flags chain, located on 212 acres in Arlington, Texas, opened. Five days later, on August 5, the park had its official grand opening. American President John F Kennedy (1/20/1961-11/22/1963) Argentine President Arturo Frondizi (5/1/1958-3/29/1962) Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies (12/19/1949-1/26/1966) Austrian President Adolf Schärf (5/22/1957-2/28/1965) Bahamian Chief Minister Roland Symonette (1/1/1955-1/7/1964) Belgian Prime Minister Théo Lefèvre (4/25/1961-7/28/1965) Belgian Prime Minister Gaston Eyskens (6/26/1958-4/25/1961) Brazilian President Jânio Quadros (1/31/1961-8/25/1961) British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (1/10/1957-10/18/1963) Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (6/21/1957-4/22/1963) East German President Walter Ulbricht (9/12/1960-8/1/1973) German President Heinrich Lübke (9/13/1959-6/30/1969) Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda (7/19/1960-11/9/1964)