Historical Events
- Sep 1 US Navy renames NAS Sunnyvale, near San Francisco, California, NAS Moffett Field, in honor of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett; Moffett championed the construction of the base, but died in the crash of airship USS Akron before the base opened
- Sep 3 Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m)
- Sep 4 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
Sergeants' Revolt
Sep 4 Coup against Cuban president Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada by Fulgencio Batista
Spanish History
Sep 8 Second Spanish government of Manuel Azaña forms
- Sep 10 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry robs Australian Jack Crawford of his Grand Slam chance; wins final 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives idea of a nuclear chain reaction
Music in the Air
Sep 16 Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical "Music in the Air" closes at the 44th Street Theatre, NYC, after 342 performances
- Sep 19 NY Giants clinch the pennant
- Sep 20 Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
- Sep 21 Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens
- Sep 23 MLB New York Yankees commit 5 errors (3 by shortstop Frankie Crosetti), but beat Red Sox 16-12 at Fenway Park, Boston
- Sep 25 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
- Sep 25 5th "extermination campaign" begins against communists in Nanjing and Jiangxi province, China
- Sep 25 Netherlands opens the Afsluitdijk, a dam and motorway that completes its damming of the Zuiderzee, an inlet of the North Sea - considered one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the Modern World
- Sep 26 Sidney Kingsley's play "Men in White" premieres in NYC (Pulitzer prize for Drama 1934)
- Sep 29 Little King, Cartoon Character, by Von Beuren, debuts
- Sep 30 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Ann Richards, American politician (Governor of Texas 1991-95), born in Lakeview Texas (d. 2006)
Conway Twitty (1933-1993)
Sep 1 American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"), born in Friars Point, Mississippi
- Sep 1 Gene Harris [Haire], American soul-jazz pianist (The Three Sounds), born in Benton Harbor, Michigan (d. 2000)
- Sep 1 Marshall Lytle, American Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), born in Old Fort, North Carolina (d. 2013)
- Sep 2 Mathieu Kérékou, Dictator and President of Benin (1973-91, 1996-2006), born in Kouarfa, French Dahomey (d. 2015)
- Sep 2 Rick Lewis, American doo-wop tenor (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
- Sep 3 Basil Butcher, West Indies cricket batsman (44 Tests; 3,104 runs @ 43.11), born in Port Mourant, British Guyana (d. 2019)
- Sep 3 Roland Kayn, German electronic music composer, born in Reutlingen (d. 2011)
- Sep 3 Tompall Glaser, American singer (Glaser Brothers - "Getting To Me Again"), born in Spalding, Nebraska (d. 2013)
- Sep 4 Palito [Reynaldo Hipolito], Filipino slap-stick comedian and actor, born in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines d. 2010)
- Sep 4 Richard Castellano, American actor (The Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
- Sep 5 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean catholic archbishop, born in Santiago, Chile
- Sep 5 Vincent McDermott, American composer, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
- Sep 8 Asha Bhosle (née Mangeshkar), Indian playback singer, Guinness World Record for most recorded vocalist, born in Sangli, British India
- Sep 8 Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), born in New York City (d. 2017)
- Sep 8 Michael Frayn, English playwright (Copenhagen), born in Mill Hill, England
- Sep 8 Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss (d. 2014)
- Sep 10 David Rowland, English real estate developer and financier
- Sep 10 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (Fendi, Chanel), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2019) birth date disputed
- Sep 10 Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5), born in Prudy, Tula Oblast, Soviet Union (d. 2000)
- Sep 11 Baby Face Willette [Roosevelt Willet], American hard bop and soul-jazz Hammond organ player, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
- Sep 11 William Luther Pierce, American author and activist, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2002)
- Sep 12 Denny Stolz, American college football coach (Alma College, Michigan State University, Bowling Green State Uni, San Diego State Uni), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2023)
- Sep 12 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Bradford Football Club Chairman (during time of the fire), (d. 1995)
- Sep 12 Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress, born in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Sep 13 Eileen Fulton, American actress (Our Private World), born in Asheville, North Carolina
- Sep 14 Harve Presnell, American actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), born in Modesto, California (d. 2009)
- Sep 14 Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sep 15 Henry Darrow [Enrique Delgado], American stage and screen character actor (The High Chaparral; Harry O; The New Dick Van Dyke Show), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- Sep 15 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor, born in Burgos, Spain (d. 2014)
- Sep 16 Jim Gilbert, British artist and criminal, born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 17 Chuck Grassley, American politician (Senator-R-Iowa, 1981- ), born in New Hartford, Iowa
- Sep 17 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge, born in Sheffield, England (d. 2011)
- Sep 17 Pat Crowley, American actress (Money from Home, There's Always Tomorrow, Please Don't Eat the Daisies), born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania
- Sep 18 (James Frederick) "Jimmie" Rodgers, American pop singer and guitarist ("Honey Comb" ; “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again”), born in Camas, Washington (d. 2021)
- Sep 18 Fred Willard, American comedian and actor (Best In Show, Everyone Loves Raymond), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2020)
- Sep 18 Manfred Niehaus, German composer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 2013)
- Sep 18 Robert "Bob" Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator from Utah, 1993-2011), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2016)
- Sep 18 Robert Blake [Michael Gubitosi], American Emmy Award-winning actor (Baretta; Little Rascals - "Bobby"; In Cold Blood), born in Nutley, New Jersey (d. 2023)
Scotty Bowman (90 years old)
Sep 18 Canadian NHL player and coach (Montreal Canadians/Detroit Red Wings), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 18 Valentina Ponomaryova, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup), born in Moscow, Russia
- Sep 19 David McCallum, Scottish-American actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - "Ilyla Kuryakin"; NCIS), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023) [1]
- Sep 20 Bob Banas, American choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show), born in New York City
- Sep 20 Dennis Viollet, English soccer inside forward (2 caps; Manchester United 293 games, Stoke City), born in Manchester, England (d. 1999)
- Sep 20 Máté Fenyvesi, Hungarian soccer forward (76 caps; Ferencváros 343 games) and politician (MP 1998-2006), born in Jánoshalma, Hungary (d. 2022)
- Sep 22 Dave Smith, Scottish soccer manager (Mansfield Town, Southend United, Plymouth Argyle, Dundee, Torquay United), born in Dundee, Scotland (d. 2022)
- Sep 22 Leonardo Balada, Catalan American composer, born in Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 24 Catherine Hughes [Pestell], British principal (Somerville College Oxford), born in County Durham, England (d. 2014)
- Sep 24 Mel Taylor, American rock drummer (The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
- Sep 25 Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81), born in Cebreros, Spanish Republic (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Arthur Duncan, American tap dancer (The Lawrence Welk Show, 1964-82), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2023)
- Sep 25 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
- Sep 25 Hubie Brown, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach, broadcaster (2-time NBA Coach of the Year), born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania
- Sep 25 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), born in Victoria, British Columbia (d. 2022) [1]
- Sep 26 Donna Douglas, American actress (Elly May Clampett-The Beverly Hillbillies), born in Pride, Louisiana (d. 2015)
- Sep 27 Kathleen Nolan, American actress (Real McCoys, Janie, Broadside), born in St Louis, Missouri
- Sep 27 Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
- Sep 27 Will Sampson, American-Muscogee rodeo performer, actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Yellow Rose; The White Buffalo), and painter, born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma (d. 1987)
- Sep 28 Madeleine Kunin, Swiss-born American diplomat and politician (1st Jewish Governor of Vermont 1985-91), born in Zürich, Switzerland
- Sep 28 Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor, born in Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga (d. 2006)
- Sep 28 Robert Hogan, American actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- Sep 29 Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (1975-86), born in Gaza Province, Mozambique (d. 1986)
- Sep 30 Emily "Cissy" Houston [née Drinkard], American soul and gospel singer, and Whitney's mother, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Sep 30 Mars Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut (one of the 20 original cosmonauts), born in Jalal-Abad, Soviet Union (d. 2000)
Famous Weddings
Sam Giancana
Sep 23 American gangster Sam Giancana (25) weds Angeline DeTolve, until her death in 1954
Victor Fleming
Sep 26 Director Victor Fleming (44) weds Lucile Rosson
Greer Garson
Sep 28 Actress Greer Garson (29) weds first husband Edward Snelson (29)
- Sep 28 Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown
Lou Gehrig
Sep 29 NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig (30) weds Eleanor Twitchell in New Rochelle, New York
Famous Deaths
Edward Grey (1862-1933)
Sep 7 British Liberal statesman and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1905-16), dies at 71
- Sep 8 Faysal I, Arab statesman, King of Iraq (1921-33) and Syria (1920), dies of a heart attack at 48
- Sep 16 George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
- Sep 17 Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, dies at 55
- Sep 20 Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
- Sep 21 Eduard van Oort, Dutch ornithologist (Ornithology of Netherlands), dies at 56
- Sep 24 Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
- Sep 24 Mike Donlin, American baseball player (NY Giants), dies at 55
- Sep 25 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist (phase transition, Ehrenfest theorem), dies at 53
- Sep 25 Ring Lardner, American sports writer (Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune; "Pullman Pastimes"-The Sporting News; "You Know Me"; the Boston American), dies from a heart attack at 48
- Sep 29 Margaret Talmadge, American actress, dies at 72
