Historical Events
Sports History
Sep 13 Chicago Cubs infielders Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, & Frank Chance appear together as teammates for 1st time, creating the famed double-play combination of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
- Sep 15 Chicago Cubs infielders Tinker, Evers, & Chance turn their first double play together in a 6-3 win over Cincinnati
- Sep 17 US protests anti-semitism in Romania
- Sep 20 Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy 'Nixey' Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0
- Sep 29 Impresario David Belasco opens his 1st Broadway theater
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Marjorie Warfield, American stage, radio, and silent film actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- Sep 3 Mantan Moreland, American actor and comedian (Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth), born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 1973)
- Sep 4 Tommy Mitchell, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC), born in Cresswell, England (d. 1996)
- Sep 5 Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and President (20th Century Fox), born in Wahoo, Nebraska (d. 1979)
- Sep 6 Morgan Beatty, American news anchor (Du Mont Evening News), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1975)
- Sep 7 Roy Barcroft [Howard Ravenscroft], American actor (Oklahoma!; Freckles), born in Crab Orchard, Nebraska (d. 1969)
- Sep 8 Nico Donkersloot, Dutch literary and writer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1965)
- Sep 10 Toivo Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Wegwerkers), born in Kotka, Finland (d. 1957)
- Sep 11 Alice Tully, American singer and arts patroness (Carnegie Hall), born in Corning, New York (d. 1993)
- Sep 12 Juscelino Kubitschek, President Brazil (1955-60), born in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil (d. 1976)
- Sep 13 Arthur Mitchell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Yorkshire CCC), born in Baildon, England (d. 1976)
- Sep 13 Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress, politician and author (Grote Klaas en kleine Klaas), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Sep 13 Leland Hayward, American producer (Mister Roberts, Spirit of St Louis), born in Nebraska City, Nebraska (d. 1971)
- Sep 14 Giorgos Papasideris Greek country singer, composer and lyricist, born in Salamis Island, Greece (d. 1977)
- Sep 17 Esther Ralston, American actress (Old Ironsides), born in Bar Harbor, Maine (d. 1994)
- Sep 19 Jimmy Van Alen, American tennis official (created Simplified Scoring System), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 1991)
- Sep 19 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
- Sep 20 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), born in Luzzara, Italy (d. 1989)
- Sep 20 Stevie Smith [Florence Margaret Smith], English poet and novelist ("A Good Time Was Had By All"; "Not Waving but Drowning") whose life was turned into the play and film "Stevie", born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 197)
- Sep 21 Allen Lane, English publisher and founder of Penguin Books, born in Bristol, England (d. 1970)
Howie Morenz (1902-1937)
Sep 21 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens, 3-time Stanley Cup winner), born in Mitchell, Ontario
- Sep 21 Ilmari Salminen, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 10,000m 1936), born in Elimäki, Finland (d. 1986)
- Sep 22 F R Boschvogel [Frans Ramon], Flemish writer (War of Worlds), born in Aartrijk, Belgium (d. 1994)
- Sep 22 John Houseman, Romanian actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1988)
- Sep 23 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003)
Ayatollah Khomeini (1902-1989)
Sep 24 Supreme leader of Iran (1979-89), religious figure and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, born in Khomeyn, Persia
Albert Anastasia (1902-1957)
Sep 26 Italian-American mobster and crime boss (Murder Inc), born in Tropea, Calabria, Italy
- Sep 30 Piet Lieftinck, Dutch politician (Minister of Finance 1945-52 - oversaw rebuilding of Dutch economy after WWII), born in Muiden, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Iosif Ivanovici, Romanian military bandleader and composer (Waves of the Danube), dies (b. 1845)
Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)
Sep 5 German politician, anthropologist and pathologist (cell pathology), dies of heart failure at 80
- Sep 6 Frederick Able, English chemist and inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
- Sep 6 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
- Sep 7 Franz Wüllner, German conductor and composer, dies at 70
- Sep 9 Titus van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician (Governor of Suriname 1891-97), dies at 53
- Sep 14 Reinhold Finsterbusch, German singer, organist, composer, and choral director (Jesu Tod und Begräbnis), dies at 76
- Sep 19 Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians, consort to King Leopold II, dies at 66
- Sep 19 Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku & tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34
- Sep 23 John Wesley Powell, American geologist, explorer (Grand Canyon) and ethnologist, dies at 68
Levi Strauss (1829-1902)
Sep 26 German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73
Émile Zola (1840-1902)
Sep 28 French writer and critic (J'accuse), dies at 62
- Sep 29 William McGonagall, Scottish-Irish poet infamous as an extremely bad poet and considered the worst in British history (The Tay Bridge Disaster, The Famous Tay Whale), dies at 77
