Editing 1961 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1961}}
* [[September 1]] 
** The [[Eritrean War of Independence]] begins with the [[Battle of Adal]] in which [[Hamid Idris Awate]] and his companions shoot at Ethiopian police and military. The war will continue until [[1991]].
** The first meeting of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] is held. The Soviet Union resumes nuclear testing, escalating fears over the ongoing [[Berlin Crisis of 1961|Berlin Crisis]]. 
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Tom and Jerry]] make a return with their first cartoon short since 1958, ''[[Switchin' Kitten]]''. The new creator, [[Gene Deitch]], makes 12 more Tom and Jerry shorts through 1962.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; During the [[1961 Italian Grand Prix|F1 Italian Grand Prix]] on the [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|circuit of Monza]], German [[Wolfgang von Trips]], driving a [[Ferrari]], crashes into a stand, killing 14 spectators and himself.
* [[September 11]] – [[Hurricane Carla]] makes landfall on [[Matagorda Island]] as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, killing 34 in Texas and causing $300 million damage in the state.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; The [[African and Malagasy Union]] is founded.
* [[September 14]] 
** The new military government of [[Turkey]] sentences 15 members of the previous government to death.
** The religious [[Focolare Movement]] opens its first North American center in [[New York (state)]].
* [[September 17]]
** Military rulers in [[Turkey]] hang former prime minister [[Adnan Menderes]], together with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs [[Fatin Rüştü Zorlu]] and former Minister of Finance [[Hasan Polatkan]].
** London police arrest over 1,300 protesters in [[Trafalgar Square]] during a [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] rally.<ref name="Chronology">{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
** The world's first retractable roof stadium, the [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]], opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash]]: [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] is one of 16 to die in an air crash en route to [[Katanga Province|Katanga]], [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo]].
* [[September 19]] &ndash; American couple Barney and Betty Hill claim that they saw a UFO as they returned from a trip to Canada through New Hampshire where they live. They later claim that they were abducted by aliens, among the first claimants of such an abduction.
* [[September 21]] &ndash; In France, the [[Organisation de l'armée secrète]] (OAS) slips an anti-[[Charles de Gaulle|de Gaulle]] message into TV programming.
* [[September 24]]
** The old [[Deutsche Opernhaus]] in the Berlin neighborhood of [[Charlottenburg]] is returned to its newly rebuilt house, as the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]].
** In the U.S., the [[Walt Disney anthology television series]], renamed ''Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color'', moves from ABC to NBC after seven years on the air, and begins telecasting its programs in color for the first time. Years later, after Disney's death, the still-on-the-air program will be renamed ''The Wonderful World of Disney''.
* [[September 28]] &ndash; [[1961 Syrian coup d'état]]: A military coup in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]] effectively ends the [[United Arab Republic]], the union between [[Egypt]] and [[Syria]].
* [[September 30]] &ndash; The [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] (OECD) is formed to replace the [[Organisation for European Economic Co-operation]] (OEEC).