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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 1961.
The US president was John F. Kennedy (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on September 1961: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1961?


Events

  • 01 Sep 1961 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade
  • 04 Sep 1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
  • 05 Sep 1961 JFK begins underground nuclear testing
  • 06 Sep 1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Kapustin Yar USSR
  • 07 Sep 1961 Tom and Jerry make a return with their first episode since 1957, Switchin' Kitten. The new creator, Gene Deitch makes 12 more Tom and Jerry episodes until 1962.
  • 09 Sep 1961 Maria Beale Fletcher (NC), 19, crowned 34th Miss America 1962
  • 10 Sep 1961 75th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones
  • 11 Sep 1961 Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
  • 12 Sep 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
  • 13 Sep 1961 Car 54 Where are You? premieres on TV
  • 14 Sep 1961 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of CP of the USSR
  • 15 Sep 1961 61st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
  • 16 Sep 1961 CDU loses West German election
  • 17 Sep 1961 The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh.
  • 18 Sep 1961 U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 19 Sep 1961 Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
  • 20 Sep 1961 After 84 1 / 3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
  • 21 Sep 1961 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel round trip
  • 22 Sep 1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at age 42, completes the first round trip crossing swim of the English Channel in 43 hours, 10 minutes.
  • 23 Sep 1961 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire
  • 24 Sep 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
  • 25 Sep 1961 KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 26 Sep 1961 From the Second City opens at Royale Theater NYC for 87 performances
  • 27 Sep 1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
  • 28 Sep 1961 Doctor Kildare, debuts on NBC-TV
  • 29 Sep 1961 Detectives, TV Crime Drama
  • 30 Sep 1961 Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in September 1961?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Wooden Heart
  2. - Michael
  3. - Take Good Care Of My Baby
  4. - Tossin' And Turnin'
  5. - The Mountain's High

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Johnny Remember Me
  2. - Walking Back To Happiness
  3. - Reach For The Stars / Climb Ev'ry Mountain
  4. - Michael
  5. - You Don't Know

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Release year: 1961

Written by:

Starring: Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews

Country: United States of America

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Gary Alazraki

The Hustler

The Hustler

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Robert Rossen

Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott

Country: United States of America

Léon Morin, Priest

Léon Morin, Priest

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Release year: 1961

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Starring: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in September 1961?
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The Age Of Reason Begins by Will and Ariel Durant

The Age Of Reason Begins

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This article examines the religious strife in Europe and the scientific progress made between 1558 and 1650.

A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene

A Burnt-Out Case

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Querry, the world-famous architect is suffering from a horrible attack of indifference. He no longer finds joy in life or meaning in art.

Life With Women And How To Survive It by Joseph H. Peck

Life With Women And How To Survive It

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How to live with women and how you can survive it

The Edge Of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor

The Edge Of Sadness

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"A realistic Christian novel that offers hope in a nonChristian age New England Quarterly" A deeply felt and beautifully expressed work. .

Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullers

Clock Without Hands

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Clock Without Hands is McCullers's most powerful statement about race, class and justice. It was set in Georgia just before court-ordered integration.