WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1961
Find out what all happened July to September 1961

Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. (15. August 1961)

Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece. (20. September 1961)

The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua. (23. July 1961)

Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari. (10. September 1961)

The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate. (1. September 1961)

Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour. (15. September 1961)

Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund. (11. September 1961)

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state. (11. September 1961)

French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. (20. July 1961)

Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later. (19. July 1961)

In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. (25. July 1961)

The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. (11. August 1961)

Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes. (21. August 1961)

Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter. (21. September 1961)

U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (18. September 1961)

First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army. (10. August 1961)

Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death toll exceeds 2,000. (12. July 1961)

The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade. (5. September 1961)

President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power. (25. August 1961)

Ida Siekmann died attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. (22. August 1961)