What day of the week was October 1, 1961?

The day of the week October 1st, 1961 fell on was a Sunday. Last day of Sukkot for Jewish people.

Ludwig Bemelmans the Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898) died on this day in 1961.

The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed the becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization. East and West Cameroon merge to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.