Historical Events
- Sep 1 Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris
- Sep 1 St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
- Sep 1 The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo (Cincinnati, Ohio)
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 1 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, R.I.: R. Norris Williams wins his first major title beating defending champion Maurice McLoughlin 6-3, 8-6, 10-8; final event at Newport Casino, moves to Forest Hills, NY
- Sep 2 -3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
- Sep 2 The US Treasury Department establishes the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to provide up to $5 million worth of insurance for merchant ships and their crews
- Sep 3 British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attack the Marne
Pope Benedict XV
Sep 3 Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
- Sep 3 French troops vacate Rheims
- Sep 3 Lemburg capital of Galicia, is taken after a three-day battle in which the Russians rout the Austrians
- Sep 3 Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
- Sep 4 France, Russia, and Britain agree in a Pact of London that none will make a separate peace
- Sep 4 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
- Sep 5 French headquarters move to Chatillon-sur-Seine
- Sep 5 Great Britain, France, Belgium and Russia sign Pact of London
- Sep 5 Proclamation prohibits Canadian mint from issuing gold coins
Transatlantic Communications
Sep 5 US President Woodrow Wilson orders US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications - even to German diplomats sending coded messages; leads to interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping bring the US into the war
First Battle of the Marne
Sep 6 World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins, French and British forces prevent German advance on Paris (till the 12th Sept)
- Sep 7 NY Post Office Building opens to public
- Sep 8 HMS (formerly RMS) Oceanic, two weeks into its service with the Royal Navy, runs aground off, Foula, Shetland, Scotland in good weather and eventually sinks
- Sep 8 Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during WW1
- Sep 9 -12] Belgian offensive from Antwerp
- Sep 9 Boston Brave George Davis no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 7-0
- Sep 9 First fully mechanized unit in the British Army created - the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade (WWI)
- Sep 9 Meeting held at Gaelic League headquarters between Irish Republican Brotherhood and other extreme republicans; initial decision made to stage an uprising while Britain is at war
- Sep 11 Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.
Father of the Blues
Sep 11 W. C. Handy "Father of the Blues" publishes his most famous composition "St Louis Blues"
Your Country Needs You
Sep 14 Lord Kitchener: "Your country needs you" appears as front cover design for the London Opinion magazine
- Sep 15 First Battle of Aisne finishes, Germans vs. French & British during WWI
- Sep 15 US Marines march out of Vera Cruz, Mexico
Australian Election
Sep 17 Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time
- Sep 18 Battle of Aisne ends with Germans beating French during WW I
Event of Interest
Sep 18 General Paul von Hindenburg named commander of German armies on the Eastern Front
- Sep 18 Irish Home Rule bill receives Royal assent
- Sep 18 South African troops land in German South West Africa
- Sep 19 Brooklyn Tip-Tops' Ed Lafitte no-hits Kansas City Packers (Federal League), 6-2
- Sep 20 John Redmond urges Irish Volunteers to enlist in the British Army
- Sep 22 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
Louis Botha Takes Command
Sep 22 Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, Louis Botha, assumes command of the armed forces after dismissing General Christiaan Frederik Beyers for his resistance to aid the British in the war against Germany
- Sep 23 Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
- Sep 26 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
- Sep 26 Germans arrest A Max, mayor of Brussels
- Sep 27 Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit
- Sep 28 German forces move into Antwerp, Belgium (WWI)
- Sep 29 Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 (Lawrence) "Booker T." Laury, American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1995)
- Sep 2 Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (Because All Men Are Brothers; A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2003)
- Sep 3 Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (17th Governor of Washington) and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1994)
- Sep 4 Henrik Blichmann, Danish swing jazz pianist, composer (92 Minutes of Yesterday), and orchestra leader, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1994)
- Sep 4 Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, born in Altmark, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (d. 2003)
- Sep 5 Gail Kubik, American composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), born in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma (d. 1984)
- Sep 5 Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist (Defense of Violeta Parra), born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile (d. 2018)
- Sep 5 Stuart Freeborn, English motion picture make-up artist (Star Wars: Yoda, Jabba the Hut), born in London, England (d. 2013)
- Sep 7 Billy Hughes, British educationist and Labour Party politician, born in Swindon, England (d. 1995)
- Sep 7 Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist, band leader, and composer, born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia (d. 2012)
- Sep 7 Hugo Pfister, Swiss composer, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1969)
- Sep 7 Ian Ball, Indian newspaper photographer, born in Dhariwal, India (d. 1995)
- Sep 7 James Van Allen, American physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts), born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa (d. 2006)
- Sep 8 Dave Bowman, American jazz and studio pianist (Jack Teagarden; Bud Freeman; Perry Como), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1964)
- Sep 8 Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1991)
- Sep 8 Doug Freeman, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Wellington), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1994)
- Sep 8 Hillary Brooke, American film actress (The Abbott and Costello Show), born in Astoria, New York (d. 1999)
- Sep 10 Robert Wise, American Academy Award-winning film director (The Day the Earth Stood Still; West Side Story; The Sound Of Music), born in Winchester, Indiana (d. 2005)
Terence O'Neill (1914-1990)
Sep 10 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Ulster Unionist Party: 1963-69), born in London, England
- Sep 12 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales (d. 1999)
- Sep 12 Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst, born in Amroha, India (d. 1988)
- Sep 13 Leonard Feather, British jazz critic and musician, born in London (d. 1994)
- Sep 14 Clayton Moore, American actor (The Lone Ranger), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Sep 14 Lída Baarová [Ludmila Babková], Czech actress (Die Fledermaus, Virginity), born in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 2000)
- Sep 14 Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter known as the 'Queen Mother of Nashville' ("Heartbreak Hotel"), born in Bardwell, Texas (d. 1997)
- Sep 14 Michał Spisak, Polish composer (Hymne Olympique), born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland (d. 1965)
- Sep 14 Pietro Germi, Italian actor, writer and director (Divorce Italian Style, The Facts of Murder), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1974)
- Sep 14 Robert McCloskey, American children's book writer and illustrator (Make Way For Ducklings), born in Hamilton, Ohio (d. 2003)
- Sep 14 Robert S. Dietz, American geophysicist who proposed a theory of seafloor spreading in 1961, born in Westfield, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Sep 15 Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
- Sep 15 Creighton Abrams, American general (commander of American forces in the Vietnam War, 1968-72), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
- Sep 15 Jens Otto Krag, Danish politician, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72), born in Randers, Denmark (d. 1978)
- Sep 16 Allen Funt, American TV host and creator (Candid Camera), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
- Sep 17 Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician (Deputy Prime Minister 1986-87), born in Suwa, Yamanashi Prefecture, Empire of Japan (d. 1996)
- Sep 18 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (d. 2009)
- Sep 19 Rogers Morton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1979)
- Sep 20 Kenneth More, British actor (39 Steps, Doctor in the House), born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England (d. 1982)
- Sep 21 (Leroy) "Slam" Stewart, American jazz double bass player, born in Englewood, New Jersey (d. 1987)
- Sep 21 John Kluge, American television mogul (Metromedia) and at one time the richest person in the United States, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2010)
- Sep 23 Norman Cazden, American composer, educator, and music theorist, born in New York City (d. 1980)
- Sep 23 Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986)
- Sep 24 Andrzej Panufnik, Polish-British conductor and composer (Arbor Cosmica; Sinfonia Sacra), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1991)
- Sep 24 Hein Jordans, Dutch conductor, born in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 2003)
- Sep 24 Sir John Kerr, Australian politician and the Governor General who dismissed the Whitlam Government, born in Sydney, New South Wales (d. 1991)
- Sep 25 Frederick Wilhelm Sternfeld, Austrian musicologist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1994)
- Sep 26 Jack LaLanne, American fitness and nutritional expert, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2011)
- Sep 28 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1993)
- Sep 28 James Scarlett, 8th Baron Abinger, English Conservative peer who campaigned for reform of the ancient law on treasure trove, born in Datchet, Berkshire, England (d. 2002)
- Sep 28 Jim Boyd, American country and western musician (Men of the West) (d. 1993)
- Sep 28 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, born in Zell am See, Salzburg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2014)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Sep 3 Albéric Magnard, French composer (Guercœur), dies defending his property against invading Germans in WWI at 49
- Sep 5 Charles Péguy, French poet, essayist and editor (b. 1873)
- Sep 7 Peter O'Brien, Irish lawyer and judge, dies at 73
- Sep 8 William Erasmus Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, subject of his father's psychological studies, dies at 74
Koos de la Rey (1847-1914)
Sep 15 Boer leader and general in the South African War (1899–1902), shot and killed by police after refusing to stop at a checkpoint at 66
- Sep 16 James Edward Sullivan, American sports official and founder (Amateur Athletic Union), dies at 51
- Sep 22 Alain-Fournier, French writer (Le Grand Meaulnes), dies in battle at 27
- Sep 25 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, dies at 25
- Sep 25 Jan Stobbaerts, Flemish painter, dies at 76
- Sep 28 Richard Warren Sears, American businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), dies at 50
- Sep 28 Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
- Sep 28 Þorsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Pyrnar), dies at 56
- Sep 29 Jean Bouin, French middle distance runner (Olympic silver 1912), dies fighting in WWI at 25
