What Happened In September 1961 In History

Historical Events for September, 1961

• 1st » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
• 5th » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement called Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
• 7th » João Goulart becomes President of Brazil.
• 10th » 1961 Italian Grand Prix called Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Scuderia Ferrari known as Ferrari.
• 11th » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
• 12th » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
• 15th » Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
• 16th » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
• 16th » Typhoon Nancy (1961) or Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
• 18th » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga Province or Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 20th » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes List of Prime Ministers of Greece called Prime Minister of Greece.
• 21st » Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
• 27th » Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
• 28th » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1961

• 1st » Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler and actor (d. 2007)
• 1st » Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (d. 2014)
• 1st » Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1st » Boney James, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
• 2nd » Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager
• 4th » Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rudimentary Peni)
• 4th » Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
• 4th » Kevin Kennedy (actor) known as Kevin Kennedy, English actor and singer
• 4th » Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
• 5th » Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
• 6th » Simon Reeve (Australian television presenter) named Simon Reeve, Australian journalist
• 6th » Scott Travis, American drummer (Judas Priest, Racer X (band) Racer X, The Scream (band) The Scream, Fight (band) Fight, and Animetal USA)
• 6th » Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A-ha and Savoy (band) or Savoy)
• 7th » LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
• 7th » Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
• 11th » Philip Ardagh, English author
• 11th » Elizabeth Daily, American actress and singer
• 11th » Virginia Madsen, American actress, singer, and producer
• 11th » Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (d. 2012)
• 12th » Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer-songwriter
• 12th » Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 13th » Fiona (singer) or Fiona, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 13th » Bobbie Cryner, American singer-songwriter
• 13th » Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Metallica, Megadeth, and MD.45)
• 13th » Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
• 14th » Martina Gedeck, German actress
• 14th » Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 14th » Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 15th » Terry Lamb, Australian rugby player and coach
• 15th » Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
• 16th » Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (My Bloody Valentine (band) or My Bloody Valentine)
• 16th » T La Rock, American rapper
• 16th » Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (d. 2013)
• 17th » Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 17th » Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer
• 18th » James Gandolfini, American actor (d. 2013)
• 18th » Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter
• 18th » Mark Olson (musician) e.g Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)
• 18th » Lori and George Schappell, American conjoined twins
• 19th » Artur Ekert, Polish-English physicist and academic
• 20th » Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist
• 20th » Caroline Flint, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 21st » Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (d. 1984)
• 21st » Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (d. 2014)
• 21st » Nancy Travis, American actress
• 22nd » Vince Coleman, American baseball player
• 22nd » Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 22nd » Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 22nd » Diane Lemieux, Canadian politician
• 22nd » Catherine Oxenberg, American-English actress
• 22nd » Michael Torke, American composer
• 23rd » Lesley Fitz-Simons, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Chi McBride, American actor and singer
• 23rd » William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 23rd » Elizabeth Peña, American actress and director
• 24th » Allen Bestwick, American sportscaster
• 24th » Jack Dee, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 24th » John Logan (writer) known as John Logan, American screenwriter and producer
• 24th » Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 25th » Mark Gil, Filipino actor (d. 2014)
• 25th » Heather Locklear, American actress and producer
• 26th » Charlotte Fich, Danish actress
• 26th » Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
• 26th » Oliver Peyton, Irish businessman
• 26th » Will Self, English journalist and author
• 27th » Andy Lau, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
• 28th » Helen Grant (politician) or Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 28th » Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
• 28th » Quentin Kawānanakoa, American politician
• 29th » Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
• 29th » Stephanie Miller, American comedian and radio host
• 30th » Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 30th » Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 30th » Mel Stride, English politician
• 30th » Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 30th » Sally Yeh, Chinese singer and actress

Famous Deaths for September 1961

• 3rd » Robert E. Gross (businessman) e.g Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 7th » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
• 10th » Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (b. 1880)
• 10th » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (b. 1928)
• 14th » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 18th » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 22nd » Marion Davies, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1897)
• 25th » Frank Fay (American actor) named Frank Fay American actor and singer (b. 1897)
• 30th » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)

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