Historical Events
Honus Wagner Retires
Sep 17 Honus Wagner, retires at 43, Pirates retire his #33
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Velma Middleton, American jazz vocalist (Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups), born in Holdenville, Oklahoma (d. 1961)
- Sep 2 Cleveland Amory, American animal rights activist and TV reviewer (TV Guide), born in Nahant, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Sep 2 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), born in Prainha, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1995)
- Sep 3 Eddie Stanky, American baseball 2nd baseman (MLB All Star 1947, 48, 50; Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, NY Giants) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
- Sep 4 Henry Ford II, American automotive industry businessman, grandson of Henry Ford, and son of Edsel Ford (Ford Motor Company President, 1945-60 and CEO, 1947-79), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1987)
- Sep 5 Art Rupe [Goldberg], American gospel, R&B, and early rock record producer and label executive (Specialty Records - Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Lloyd Price), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
- Sep 5 Jack Buetel, American actress (Outlaw, Half Breed), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1989)
- Sep 6 George Mann, English cricketer, born in Byfleet, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
- Sep 6 Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2008)
- Sep 7 Jacob Lawrence, African-American artist (Sanitarium), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2000)
- Sep 7 John Cornforth, Australian-British chemist (Nobel Prize 1975), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2013)
- Sep 9 Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (Spoiling the Game, S.A.-Mann Brand), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1942)
- Sep 10 Franfo Fortini [Franco Lattes], Italian poet, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1994)
- Sep 10 Miguel Serrano, Chilean author, diplomat and fascist (Esoteric Hitlerism), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2009)
- Sep 11 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (4 x winner Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe; 6 x France's leading owner), born in Paris, France (d. 2001)
Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989)
Sep 11 10th President of the Philippines (1965-86), dictator and kleptocrat, born in Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
- Sep 11 Henderson Forsythe, American actor (As the World Turns, Crisis at Central High), born in Macon, Missouri (d. 2006)
- Sep 11 Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary (d. 2012)
- Sep 11 Jessica "Decca" Mitford, English author (American Way of Death), activist and one of the Mitford sisters, born in Gloucestershire (d. 1996)
- Sep 12 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, born in Quebec, Canada (d. 2004)
- Sep 12 Seumas MacNeill, Scottish bagpiper, educator (College of Bagpipes), broadcaster, and editor (The Piping Times), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Sep 13 Jón Thórarinsson, Icelandic composer and musicologist, born in Gilsárteigur, Iceland (d. 2012)
- Sep 13 Robert Ward, American composer (Pantaloon), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2013)
- Sep 15 Richard Arnell, English classical composer, born in London, England (d. 2009)
- Sep 17 Isang Yun, Korean-born German composer, born in Sancheong, Korea (d. 1995)
- Sep 17 Peter Bennett, British actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in London, England (d. 1989)
- Sep 18 Ande Anderson, English opera director, born in South Shields (d. 1996)
- Sep 18 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, born in Brummen, Netherlands (d. 1987)
- Sep 18 June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella; Cindy Lou Who), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2017)
- Sep 20 Fernando Rey [Arambillet], Spanish actor (The French Connection, Matter of Time), born in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain (d. 1994)
Red Auerbach (1917-2006)
Sep 20 American Basketball HOF coach (9xNBA C'ship; NBA Coach of the Year 1965 Boston Celtics; 11×NBA All-Star Game HC) and executive (President Boston Celtics 7× NBA C'ship), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 21 Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (Crank-Nicolson method), born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1968)
- Sep 22 Henry Ries, German-American photographer (New York Times - "The Berlin Airlift"), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2004)
- Sep 22 Peter Adams [James H Adams II], American actor (Zorro, Kraft Mystery Theater, Alternative), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1987)
- Sep 23 Imry Németh, Hungarian athlete (Olympic gold hammer throw 1948, bronze 1952; WR 1959 59.88m), born in Košice, Slovakia (d. 1989)
- Sep 24 William Putnam Bundy, American attorney and intelligence expert (9th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2000)
- Sep 25 Johnny Sain, American baseball player, born in Havana, Arkansas (d. 2006)
Phil Rizzuto (1917-2007)
Sep 25 American Baseball HOF shortstop (5 x MLB All-Star; 7 x World Series; AL MVP 1950; NY Yankees) and broadcaster (WCBS radio, WPIX-TV), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 26 Nelson "Cadillac" Williams, American jazz trumpeter (Tiny Bradshaw; Billy Eckstine; Duke Ellington), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1973)
- Sep 26 Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada), born in Amos, Canada (d. 1976)
- Sep 27 Louis Auchincloss, American lawyer and novelist (Watchfires), born in Lawrence, New York (d. 2010)
- Sep 27 William T. Orr, American actor (The Big Street), and television producer (Cheyenne), born in New York City (d. 2002)
- Sep 28 Michael Somes, British dancer (Royal Ballet, 1938-70), born in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1994)
- Sep 28 Václav Kašlík, Czech opera composer (Krakatit), conductor, and director, born in Poličná, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1989)
- Sep 29 Don Castle, American actor (Born to Speed; The Invisible Wall), and television producer (Lassie), born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1966)
Buddy Rich (1917-1987)
Sep 30 American jazz drummer and bandleader (Buddy Rich Band - "Away We Go"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 30 Chung Hee Park, Korean general and President of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated in office, born in Gumi, Japanese Korea (d. 1979)
- Sep 30 Irving B. Kahn, American inventor of the teleprompter, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1994)
- Sep 30 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, Soviet director (Taganka Theatre), born in Yaroslavl, Russia (d. 2014)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 5 Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker's union leader, dies at 70
- Sep 5 Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist (pioneer of statistical physics), dies at 45
- Sep 8 Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, French composer, dies at 74
- Sep 11 Georges Guynemer, French WWI fighter pilot and national hero, shot down and killed at 22
- Sep 12 Eric Lundie, South African cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies at the Battle of Passchendaele at 29
- Sep 20 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
- Sep 23 Werner Voss, German World War I flying ace, dies at 20
- Sep 25 Thomas Ashe, Irish revolutionary who fought in the Easter Rising, dies after being badly treated during a hunger strike in prison at 32
Edgar Degas (1834-1917)
Sep 27 French impressionist painter, sculptor and artist (The Bellelli Family), dies at 83
- Sep 28 T. E. Hulme, English writer and poet, dies at 34
