Mehmet Aslantuğ is a Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter of Circassian origin. He has received a Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Award, three Golden Orange Awards, and four Golden Butterfly Awards.

1961Heather Locklear, American actress^[†]

Heather Deen Locklear is an American actress known for her role as Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place (1993–1999), for which she received four consecutive Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She is also known for her role as Sammy Jo Carrington on Dynasty from 1981 to 1989, her first major television role, which began a longtime collaboration with producer Aaron Spelling.

1961Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter^[†]

Stephen James Young Scott is a multi award-winning British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the sports editor and newscaster for ITV News.

1961Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer^[†]

Timothy Joseph Zoehrer is a former Australian cricket player. He played as a wicket-keeper and is of Austrian descent.

Notable Deaths

1961Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897)^[†]

Frank Fay was an American vaudeville comedian and film and stage actor. He is considered an important pioneer in comedy. For a time he was a well known and influential star, vaudeville's highest-paid headliner, earning $17,500 a week in the 1920s, but he later fell into obscurity, in part because of his abrasive personality and fascist political views. He played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in the 1944 Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase. He is best known as actress Barbara Stanwyck's first husband.

Historical Context for September 25, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people^[†]