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Yugoslavia
Friday Sep 1, 1961
Josip Broz Tito
The First Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement
Yugoslavia
Friday Sep 1, 1961
On 1 September 1961, Josip Broz Tito became the first Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement.

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Cuba
Friday Sep 8, 1961
Bay of Pigs Invasion
14 Brigade prisoners were convicted of major crimes
Cuba
Friday Sep 8, 1961
On 8 September 1961, 14 Brigade prisoners were convicted of torture, murder and other major crimes committed in Cuba before the invasion. Five were executed and nine others imprisoned for 30 years.

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Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Ndola, Zambia)
Tuesday Sep 19, 1961
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjöld death
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Ndola, Zambia)
Tuesday Sep 19, 1961
While traveling to meet rebel leader Moise Tshombe during the conflict, Dag Hammarskjöld, often named as one of the UN's most effective Secretaries-General, died in a plane crash; months later he was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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