Historical Events
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 2 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Richard Sears beats Clarence M. Clark 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
- Sep 3 French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
Edison Lights Up Wall Street
Sep 4 In its 1st large-scale test, Thomas Edison's light bulb is used to light NY's Pearl Street Station
Leopold II Meets de Brazza
Sep 12 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
- Sep 13 Battle at Count el-Kebir: British troops defeat Egyptian force in the decisive battle of the Anglo-Egytian War
- Sep 14 British General Wolseley reaches Cairo
- Sep 15 British General Wolseley occupies Cairo
- Sep 18 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
- Sep 25 1st baseball doubleheader (Providence & Worcester)
- Sep 30 British Open Men's Golf, St Andrews: Bob Ferguson wins third consecutive Open title; beats fellow Scot Willie Fernie by 3 strokes
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 3 Johnny Douglas, English cricket all-rounder, captain (23 Tests, 1 x 100, 45 wickets; Essex CCC) and boxer (Olympic gold middleweight 1908), born in London, England (d. 1930)
- Sep 6 John Powell, American pianist and composer, born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1963)
- Sep 7 Johanna Zandstra-Giezen, Dutch supercentenarian (oldest person in Netherland - dies at 111 years and 9 days), born in Friesland, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Sep 9 Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (NBC Radio; RKO newsreels), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1962)
- Sep 10 Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), born in Sandwich, Illinois (d. 1955)
- Sep 13 Henri Potiron, French composer, born in Rezé-lès-Nantes, Loire-Atlantique (d. 1972)
- Sep 13 Ramón Grau, 6th and 10th President of Cuba, born in La Palma, Spanish Cuba (d. 1969)
- Sep 14 Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1919)
- Sep 17 Anton Hendrik Blaauw, Dutch botanist (Perception of Light), born in Elst, Overbetuwe, Netherlands (d. 1942)
- Sep 17 Frank Schulte, American baseball outfielder (NL MVP 1911; Chicago Cubs), born in Cochecton, New York (d. 1949)
- Sep 19 Christopher Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (d. 1965)
- Sep 19 Paul-Marie Masson, French musicologist (L’Opéra de Rameau), and composer, born in Sète, France (d. 1954)
- Sep 21 Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer (Lilja), and painter, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 1972)
- Sep 22 Emil Ábrányi, Hungarian composer and conductor (d. 1970)
Wilhelm Keitel (1882-1946)
Sep 22 Nazi military leader (head of the German High Command), born in Helmscherode, German Empire
- Sep 28 Eugenio d'Ors, Spanish Catalan essayist and philosopher, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1954)
- Sep 28 Mart Saar, Estonian composer, born in Hüpassaare, Viljandi County (d. 1963)
- Sep 30 George Bancroft, American actor (Underworld), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
- Sep 30 Hans Geiger, German physicist (co-inventor of the Geiger counter), born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, German Empire (d. 1945)
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