September 1961

Monday 11:

Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.

Friday 15:

Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.

Sunday 17:

The Minnesota Vikings play their first NFL game, defeating the Chicago Bears 37-13, with Fran Tarkenton throwing 4 touchdowns and running for 1 touchdown.

Sunday 24:

The old Deutsche Opernhaus in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg returns to its newly rebuilt house as the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Tuesday 26:

Bob Dylan makes his public debut.

Thursday 28:

A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.

Friday 29:

The New York Times publishes music critic Robert Shelton's review of a performance from little known singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which will lead to Dylan's discovery by Columbia Records representative John Hammond