Timeline September 1961

Events in September 1961 6

• 1897 – 1961 Marion Davies (1897-1961) American actress and comedian, a star of silent film and the companion of William Randolph Hearst.
• 1905 – 1961 Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) Died 18 September 1961, aged 56 Swedish diplomat and second Secretary-General of the United Nations, credited with expanding the organization's role in international crises. He died when his plane crashed in Northern Rhodesia while traveling to negotiate a ceasefire in the Congo Crisis.
• 1961 Tony Meehan leaves, Brian Bennett joins September 1961 Tony Meehan left the band in September 1961 to focus on production and arranging — he and Jet Harris later formed a duo, scoring a UK #1 with "Diamonds" (1963), which featured a young Jimmy Page on rhythm guitar. Drummer Brian Bennett joined The Shadows and would become a core member for the next three decades.
• 1961 Non-Aligned Movement founded Belgrade Conference brings together neutral states Leaders including Tito, Nehru, Nasser, and Sukarno convened in Belgrade to found the Non-Aligned Movement, a coalition of states declining to formally align with either the United States or the Soviet Union. It grew into a major bloc within Cold War-era international diplomacy.
• 1961 – 2013 James Gandolfini (1961-2013) Died 19 June 2013, aged 51 James Gandolfini was an American actor best known for playing mob boss Tony Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos, a role that earned him three Emmy Awards. He died of a heart attack while on vacation in Rome.
• 1961 Marion Davies dies in Los Angeles Marion Davies dies aged 64.