1961 What a year!
February: The Beatles are paid 5 pounds (total) for their first show at the Cavern Club in this city
LIVERPOOL
A bear abode
A DEN
In a hit song by The Irish Rovers frolicking unicorns fail to make it aboard this vessel
NOAH'S ARK
This Australian place got its name due to the great quantity of plants Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander found on shore
BOTANY BAY
Using care is treating something with these as if you had delicate handwear
KID GLOVES
March: with other nations disapproving of apartheid South Africa withdraws from this body rooted in the British Empire
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
Turn down the lights
DIM
This mammal the male of which may sport a 10-foot-long tusk is sometimes called the unicorn of the sea
A NARWAHL
This Massachusetts peninsula has the also alliterative Buzzards Bay to its west
CAPE COD
This boy band began with a city-wide talent search in Boston
THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
April: this cosmonaut makes history when he takes Vostok 1 about 200 miles above the Earth
GAGARIN
A failure like a movie at the box office or a shell that doesn't explode
A DUD
In Toy Story 3 & 4 Jeff Garlin of The Goldbergs voices this unicorn also the name of a yellow flower
BUTTERCUP
In 2011 6 years after a comprehensive peace agreement this African country came to be
SOUTH SUDAN
Harry Longabaugh had this nickname as a member of the Wild Bunch
THE SUNDANCE KID
July: JFK tells Americans We cannot and will not permit the Communists to drive us out of this city
BERLIN
A turned-up noise
DIN
In 1840 the Unicorn became this British line's first ship to set sail; its later ships included the Queen Mary & QE2
THE CUNARD LINE
This area of the North Atlantic is named for the type of seaweed prevalent there
THE SARGASSO SEA
Parodying the Cabbage Patch Kids these gross stickers were a sensation in the 1980s
THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS
September: the Foreign Assistance Act gives birth to the agency known by this 5-letter name
USAID
A cutting or insulting remark
A DIG
Seen here is a detail from a 6-panel tapestry a national treasure of France known by this 5-word title in English
THE LADY AND THE UNICORN
This world capital is named for a lady who found a bronze Buddha there
PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA
This term describes children who have to unlock the door when they come home to an empty house
LATCHKEY KIDS