page_title: September 1961
section_title: September 28, 1961 (Thursday)
hierarchical_section_title: September 1961 / September 28, 1961 (Thursday)
caption_attribution_description: English: President Maamoun Kuzbari of Syria at the United Nations
context_page_description: The following events occurred in September 1961:
context_section_description: The United Arab Republic, which had united Egypt and Syria under Egyptian rule in 1958, was brought to an end when Lt. Col. Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi led a coup in Damascus and announced that Syria would leave the UAR.  President Nasser sent a force of 2,000 Egyptian paratroopers to crush the revolt, but rescinded the order when Syrian commanders in Aleppo and Latakia supported the insurrection.  Nasser's chief aide in Syria, Marshal Abd al-Hakim Amer, was put on a plane and sent back to Cairo. The next day, Dr. Maamun al-Kuzbari was named to head the interim government as premier.
  The word "ain't" was accepted into the English language with the publication of the Third Edition of the Merriam-Webster, the first completely new edition since 1944.  Merriam President Gordon J. Oallan had announced the controversial decision on September 6, noting that "ain't" was one of thousands of new words that had been added.
  Born: Quentin Kawānanakoa, pretender to the Hawaiian throne since 1997, and member of the Hawaiian state house of representatives 1995 to 1999; in Monterey, California
caption: President Kuzbari
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