Historical Events
Yrigoyen Deposed in Coup
Sep 6 Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
- Sep 13 50th US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: John Doeg beats Frank Shields 10-8, 1-6, 6-4, 16-14 for his lone major singles title
World Record 20,000m
Sep 13 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
PGA Championship
Sep 13 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Fresh Meadow CC: American based Scotsman Tommy Armour defeats Gene Sarazen 1-up in the final for the second of his 3 major titles
- Sep 13 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1st game, loses to St John's Rugby, 7-3
- Sep 14 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
- Sep 14 Nazis gain 107 seats in German election
- Sep 15 1st international bridge match is held in London. US team defeats England
- Sep 16 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
- Sep 18 Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America's Cup
Baseball Record
Sep 18 NY Yankee future Baseball HOF pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 HRs to beat St Louis Browns, 7-6 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Private Lives
Sep 24 Noël Coward's play "Private Lives" premieres in London
- Sep 24 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
- Sep 25 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
- Sep 25 Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it" premieres in NYC
Baseball Record
Sep 27 Chicago Cub's Hack Wilson's 2 HRs give him NL record 56 HRs
- Sep 27 US Amateur Championship Men's Golf, Merion GC: Bobby Jones scores an 8 & 7 win over Eugene V. Homans to win his 5th National Amateur title and clinch golf's Grand Slam
Lou Gehrig's Streak Ends
Sep 28 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
- Sep 29 1st Canadian football game played under lights, Hamilton-UBC
- Sep 29 Boquerón battle ends Paraguay border dispute
- Sep 29 Lowell Thomas makes his debut on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons
- Sep 29 NYC College offers 1st course in radio advertising
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Charles Correa, Indian architect (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT), born in Secunderabad (d. 2015)
- Sep 1 Pete Brewster, American football end and coach (NFL Pro Bowl 1955, 56; Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Portland, Indiana (d. 2020)
- Sep 2 Andrey Petrov, Soviet-Russian classical and film score composer (Creation of the World), born in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia) (d. 2006)
- Sep 3 Cherry Barbara Grimm [Lockett], New Zealand sci-fi author (Nearest Fire), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2002)
- Sep 3 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch politician and 2nd chamber member (CDA), born in Weesp, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- Sep 4 Jerry Ragovoy, American songwriter ("Piece Of My Heart"; "Time Is On My Side"; "Pata Pata"), and record producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2011)
- Sep 4 John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (Cephas & Wiggins), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2009)
- Sep 4 Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
- Sep 6 Andre Beullens, Flemish painter, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1976)
- Sep 6 Bernie Winters [Weinstein], British comedian, actor, and TV presenter (The Big Top Variety Show), born in London, England (d. 1991)
- Sep 7 Baudouin I, King of Belgium (1951-93), born in Stuyvenberg Castle, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium (d. 1993)
- Sep 7 Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist (Blue Room), born in New York City
- Sep 8 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1997)
- Sep 8 Jeannette Altwegg, English figure skater (Olympic gold 1952), born in Bombay, India (d. 2021)
- Sep 8 Mario Adorf, German actor (The Tin Drum, Bachelor, Abyssinia), born in Zurich, Switzerland
- Sep 8 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Premier of South Vietnam (1965-67), born in Sơn Tây, Indochina (d. 2011)
- Sep 8 Robert W. Firestone, American author and clinical psychologist, born in Brooklyn, New York
Frank Lucas (1930-2019)
Sep 9 American drug kingpin (fictionalised in 2007 film "American Gangster"), born in La Grange, North Carolina
- Sep 9 Paolo Castaldi, Italian composer and essay writer, born in Milan, Italy (d. 2021)
- Sep 10 Kenneth Dadzie, Ghanaian diplomat and 1st African Secretary-General of UNCTAD, born in the Gold Coast (d. 1995)
- Sep 11 Cathryn Damon, American actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1987)
- Sep 11 Saleh Selim, Egyptian football midfielder (10 caps; Al-Ahly Cairo SC 354 games) and executive (President Al-Ahly SC 1980-88, 1992-2002), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 2002)
- Sep 12 Larry Austin, American classical and electronic composer and educator, born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 2018)
- Sep 13 Jimmy McLane, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1500m 1948), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
- Sep 13 Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and multi-millionaire (St Ives Group), born in London (d. 2015)
- Sep 14 Allan Bloom, American philosopher and author (Closing of the American Mind), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1992)
- Sep 15 Patsy O. Sherman, American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2008) [1]
- Sep 16 Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2011)
- Sep 16 Ken Coates, British Labour politician and writer, born in Leek, Staffordshire (d. 2010)
- Sep 17 David Huddleston, American actor (Big Lebowski), born in Vinton, Virginia (d. 2016)
- Sep 17 Edgar Mitchell, NASA astronaut (Apollo 14), born in Hereford Texas (d. 2016)
- Sep 17 Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner (d. 2015)
- Sep 17 Jim Rohn, American business philosopher, born in Yakima, Washington (d. 2009)
- Sep 17 Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian Carnatic violinist and composer, born in Chennai, India (d. 2013)
- Sep 17 Thomas P. Stafford, American Air Force officer and astronaut (Gem 6 9, Ap 10 18), born in Weatherford, Oklahoma
- Sep 18 Derek Nimmo, British comedic character actor (All Gas and Gaiters), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1999)
- Sep 18 Ray Alan, British ventriloquist and television entertainer (Lord Charles), born in Greenwich, London (d. 2010)
- Sep 19 Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), born in Rome (d. 2002)
- Sep 19 Bob Turley, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1956, 58 [MVP] New York Yankees; 3 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award 1958), born in Troy, Illinois (d. 2013)
- Sep 19 Muhal Richard Abrams, American educator and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Sep 21 Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, born in Felixstowe, England (d. 1985)
- Sep 22 Antonio Saura, Spanish painter, born in Huesca, Spain (d. 1998)
- Sep 22 Joni James [Joan Babbo], American pop singer ("Why Don't You Believe Me?"; "How Important Can It Be?"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)
- Sep 22 Roger Durham Hannay, American composer and teacher, born in Plattsburg, New York (d. 2006)
- Sep 23 Colin Blakely, Northern-Irish character actor (Shattered, Equus, King Lear), born in Bangor, County Down (d. 1987)
- Sep 23 Don Edmunds, American auto racer and car builder (National Sprint Car HOF; built Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle), born in Santa Ana, California (d. 2020)
- Sep 23 Irene Reid, American jazz singer ("I Must Be Doing Something Right"), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2008)
- Sep 23 Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin, cosmonaut (Soyuyz 7, 10, 11 backup)
Ray Charles (1930-2004)
Sep 23 American singer and pianist who pioneered soul music ("Georgia On My Mind"; "Mess Around"; "Hit The Road, Jack"), born in Albany, Georgia
- Sep 23 Sehba Akhtar, poet of Pakistan (d. 1996)
- Sep 24 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born British actor (The Prisoner, Doctor Who), born in the Republic of Malta (d. 1977)
- Sep 24 John Young, American astronaut and 9th person to walk on the Moon (Gemini 3 & 10; Apollo 10 & 16; STS-1 & -9), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
- Sep 24 Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (Marsz żałobny), born in Skarbanowo, Poland (d. 1998)
- Sep 25 Herbert Heckmann, German writer, born in Frankfurt (d. 1999)
- Sep 25 Shel Silverstein, American writer and cartoonist (Now Here's My Plan: A Book of Futilities; The Giving Tree) and songwriter ("A Boy Named Sue"; "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
- Sep 26 Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58), born in Kusel, Germany (d. 1966)
- Sep 26 Philip Bosco, American actor (Trading Places, Lend Me a Tenor), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2018)
- Sep 27 Igor Kipnis, American harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and educator, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2002)
- Sep 28 Doug Holden, English soccer winger (5 caps; Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End), born in Manchester, England (d. 2021)
- Sep 28 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country music songwriter and singer, born in Maud, Texas (d. 2011)
- Sep 28 Tommy Collins [Leonard Sipes], American country singer-songwriter ("Don't Growl"), born in Bethany, Oklahoma (d. 2000)
- Sep 28 Ugo Gregoretti, Italian director and actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2019)
- Sep 29 Billy Strange [William], American singer-songwriter (A Little Less Conversation), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2012)
- Sep 29 Colin Dexter, English crime writer (Inspector Morse), born in Stamford, Lincolnshire (d. 2017)
- Sep 29 Peter Miller, British Chairman of Lloyd's Bank of London (d. 2018)
- Sep 29 Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1985)
- Sep 29 Richard Bonynge, Australian opera conductor (Dame Joan Sutherland, 1962-90; Metropolitan Opera, 1966-91; Vancouver Opera, 1974-82), born in Epping, New South Wales, Australia
- Sep 30 Ben Cooper, American western actor (The Rose Tattoo; Outcast; Arizona Raiders), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2020)
Famous Weddings
Thurgood Marshall
Sep 4 Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (21) weds Vivien Burey at First African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Agatha Christie
Sep 11 Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)
Bing Crosby
Sep 29 American singer and actor Bing Crosby (27) weds American actress Dixie Lee (18)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 5 Carl Panzram, American serial killer and rapist, dies at 38
- Sep 5 Robert Means Thompson, American naval officer (b. 1849)
- Sep 10 Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricket all-rounder (25 Tests, 4 x 100s, TS 204; Transvaal), dies from self inflicted gas poisoning at 48
- Sep 15 Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), dies from a heart attack at 48
- Sep 19 Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (invented the olfactometer), dies at 73
- Sep 23 Jonkvrouw Catharina AM de Savornin Lohman, author, dies at 62
- Sep 24 William A. MacCorkle, American politician, 90th Governor of West Virginia, dies at 73
- Sep 28 Daniel Guggenheim, American mining magnate and philanthropist, dies at 74
Ilya Repin (1844-1930)
Sep 29 Ukrainian-Russian painter (Barge Haulers on the Volga, Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan, Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks), dies at 86
