What Happened in Sep 1961

TWA Flight 529 Crashes, Killing 78

At 2:04 a.m., four minutes out of Chicago's Midway Airport, something—Civil Aeronautics Board investigators are trying to discover what it was—went... Read more

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 Crashes on Take-Off

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, registration N137US, was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft which crashed on take-off from Chicago's O'Hare... Read more

Betty and Barney Hill Alien Abduction

A faint pair of stars, 220 trillion miles away, has been tentatively identified as the “home base” of intelligent extraterrestrials who allegedly... Read more

"The Hustler" Is Released

The Hustler is a 1961 American drama film. It tells the story of small-time pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson and his desire to prove himself the... Read more

Lynne Brown Is Born

Lynne Brown is a former Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. She was born in Cape Town on 26 September, 1961 and grew up in... Read more