Historical Events
Chairman Chiang Kai-Shek
Sep 1 Chiang Kai-shek again becomes Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China
- Sep 3 British 8th Army lands in Southern Italy (Messina)
- Sep 3 General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
- Sep 4 British 8th Army lands at Taranto, South Italy
- Sep 5 US airland at Nadzab, New Guinea
- Sep 6 "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort, Philadelphia, kills 79
- Sep 6 Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in American League history at 16years, 8 months
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 6 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Joe Hunt beats fellow American Jack Kramer 6-3, 6-8, 10-8, 6-0 for his lone major title
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 6 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Pauline Betz successfully defends title; beats Louise Brough Clapp 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Sep 7 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas)
Military History
Sep 8 Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers from Sicily
- Sep 8 NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game
Event of Interest
Sep 8 US General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Italian Marshal and head of government Pietro Badoglio give separate radio speeches announcing Italy's surrender to the allies on Sep 3 in the Armistice of Cassibile
- Sep 9 15 German JU-88's sink Italian flag ship Rome
- Sep 9 Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley flies from Algiers to Marrakech/Prestwick
- Sep 9 US, British & French troops land in Salerno (operation Avalanche)
- Sep 10 British 8th army occupies Tarento, Italy
- Sep 10 German troops occupy Rome and take took over the protection of Vatican City
- Sep 10 Italian fleet anchors at Malta
- Sep 10 Lieutenant-General Omar Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London
- Sep 11 Allied armed forces conquer Salerno, Italy
- Sep 11 Jewish ghettos of Minsk & Lida Belorussia liquidated
- Sep 11 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island / Rapa Nui
- Sep 11 US & Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea
- Sep 12 Free French lands on Corsica
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Benito Mussolini at Gran Sasso
- Sep 13 German counterattack at Salerno
- Sep 13 The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe
- Sep 14 Yanks clinch pennant #14
- Sep 15 Benito Mussolini forms a rival anti-monarchist fascist government in Italy and soon returns to power as a German puppet state
- Sep 15 Concentration Camp Kauwen in Lithuania opens
- Sep 15 Concentration Camp Vaivara in Estonia opens
- Sep 16 Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion - arm forces at Salerno
- Sep 16 Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquers Romny, Northern Ukraine
- Sep 17 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station
- Sep 17 World War II: Soviet city of Bryansk is liberated from Nazi control
Event of Interest
Sep 18 Adolf Hitler orders deportation of Danish Jews (unsuccessful)
- Sep 18 Cardinals clinch NL pennant
- Sep 19 Fanny Whiteers-Koen breaks jumping world record
- Sep 19 Liberator bombers sinks U-341
- Sep 20 Liberator bomber sinks U-338
- Sep 21 Arundel (Solomon Island) in US hands
- Sep 21 Lynch Triangle (Square) in Bronx named
- Sep 21 Soviet 13th/61st Army reconquer Chyernigov
- Sep 21 Soviet forces reach Dnjepr
- Sep 22 British dwarf submarines attack German battleship Tirpitz
- Sep 22 Destroyer HMS Itchen torpedoed and sinks
- Sep 22 Destroyer HMS Keppel sinks U-229
- Sep 24 Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk
- Sep 25 Soviet troops liberate Smolensk
- Sep 27 Anti-fascism opposition begins in Naples
- Sep 27 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter
- Sep 29 1st Silbertanne-murder by German occupiers in Meppel
- Sep 29 Zjadovs 5th Gardeleger/Managarovs 53rd Army reconquer Kremenchuk (Ukraine)
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Don Stroud, American actor (Coogan's Bluff; The Buddy Holly Story), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sep 2 Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)
- Sep 2 Rosalind Ashford, American rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas - "Heat Wave"; "Dancing In The Street"), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 2 Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), born in Vladimirci, German-occupied Serbia (d. 2007)
- Sep 3 Dave Eichelberger, American golfer (US Senior Open 1999), born in Waco, Texas
- Sep 3 Mark Wirtz, French pop music record producer, and composer ("Excerpt From A Teenage Opera"), born in Strasbourg, France (d. 2020)
- Sep 3 Michael D. Barnes, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 3 Mick Farren, English sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
- Sep 3 Valerie Perrine, American actress (Lenny; Superman; Slaughterhouse 5), born in Galveston, Texas
- Sep 4 Giuseppe Gentile, Italian athlete (Olympic bronze triple jump 1968; WR 17.22m 1968), born in Latina, Italy
- Sep 5 Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary (d. 2007)
- Sep 5 Joe "Speedo" Frazier, American doo-wop vocalist (Impalas - "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"), born in New York City (d. 2014)
Roger Waters (80 years old)
Sep 6 English rock bassist and vocalist (Pink Floyd, 1964-85, 2005 - "Another Brick in the Wall"), born in Cambridge, England
- Sep 6 Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, born in Derby, England
- Sep 7 Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist (17th Chief Justice of Canada), born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
- Sep 7 Gloria Gaynor [Fowles], American disco singer (I Will Survive), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Sep 7 Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-German Schlager singer, born in Klaipėda, Lithuania
- Sep 8 Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
- Sep 9 Larry Hosford, American folk singer-songwriter (The King Takes The Queen), born in Salinas, California (d. 2016)
- Sep 10 "Superstar" Billy Graham [Eldridge Coleman], American pro wrestler (WWWF Heavyweight Champion 1977-78), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2023)
- Sep 10 Daniel Truhitte, American actor (The Sound of Music - "Rolfe"), born in Sacramento, California
- Sep 10 Garrett List, American classical and jazz composer and trombonist (Julliard Ensemble), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2019)
- Sep 10 Neale Donald Walsch, American author (Conversations with God), born in Milwaulkee, Wisconsin
- Sep 11 Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist (The Kingsmen - "Louie, Louie"), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2015)
- Sep 11 Mickey Hart [Hartman], American drummer and percussionist (Grateful Dead, 1967-71 & 1974-96; Planet Drum: Rhythm Devils), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 11 Paul Riser, American session trombonist and musical arranger (Motown's "Funk Brothers"), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 11 Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist (founding member of the Front de libération du Québec)
- Sep 12 Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-pop singer ("Midnight at the Oasis"), born in Greenwich Village, New York
- Sep 12 Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian poet and writer, born in Colombo, Ceylon
- Sep 12 Ralph Neely, American football offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 77 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1967, 69; All Pro 1966-69), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022)
- Sep 16 David Wilshire, British MP (C) (Section 28, Parliamentary expenses scandal), born in Bristol, England
- Sep 16 James Alan MacPherson, American writer, 1st black writer to win Pulitzer Prize, born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2016)
- Sep 17 Samuel T. Durrance, American scientist and astronaut (STS 35, STS 67), born in Tallahassee, Florida
- Sep 18 Michael Vetter, German composer, born in Oberstdorf, Germany (d. 2013)
- Sep 19 Christl Haas, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1964), born in Kitzbühel, Austria (d. 2001)
- Sep 19 Christopher Joyce, British photographer, born in Turnbridge Wells, England (d. 1994)
Joe Morgan (1943-2020)
Sep 19 American Baseball HOF infielder (10 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1975, 76; NL MVP 1975, 76; Cincinnati Reds) and broadcaster (ESPN), born in Bonham, Texas
- Sep 20 Roek Williams [Willemze], Dutch singer (Roek Williams & The Fighting Cats), born in Amsterdam
Sani Abacha (1943-1998)
Sep 20 de facto President of Nigeria (1993-98), born in Kano, Nigeria
- Sep 20 Tommy Nobis, American College Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Texas; #1 pick NFL Draft 1966 Atlanta Falcons; NFL Rookie of the Year 1966; First-team All-Pro 1967; 5× Pro Bowl), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2017)
- Sep 21 David Hood, American bassist and trombonist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section; Traffic), born in Sheffield, Alabama
- Sep 21 Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer (Flashdance; Top Gun; Pirates of the Caribbean; CSI0 and NHL team owner (Seattle Kraken), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 22 Toni Basil [Antonia Basilotta], American singer (Mickey), and choreographer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 23 Bob Clement, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Sep 23 Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before)
Marty Schottenheimer (1943-2021)
Sep 23 American football coach (Cleveland Browns, KC Chiefs; NFL Coach of Year 2004, San Diego Chargers), born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
- Sep 23 Steve Boone, American rock bassist and vocalist (Lovin' Spoonful - "Do You Believe In Magic"), born in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Sep 23 Walter Scott, American R&B singer (The Whispers - "And the Beat Goes On"; "Rock Steady"), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Sep 24 Lee Aaker, American actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 25 (Jules) Gary Alexander, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Association - "Cherish"), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Sep 25 John Locke, American rock keyboardist (Spirit - "I Got A Line On You"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
- Sep 25 Robert Gates, American statesman (22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense), born in Wichita, Kansas
- Sep 25 Robert Walden, American actor (Joe Rossi-Lou Grant, New Doctors), born in New York City
- Sep 26 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket batsman and captain (75 Tests; 5,345 @ 42.42, 14 x 100s, TS 196; South Australia) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- Sep 26 Tim Schenken, Australian racing driver, born in Gordon, Sydney, Australia
- Sep 27 Anna Gael [Gyarmarthy], Lady Weymouth, born in Budapest, Hungary
- Sep 27 Bob Curiano, American rock bassist (Mink Deville (touring only); Blackmore's Night, 2001-06; Rainbow, 2016-present)
- Sep 27 Maxwell Boyce, Welsh comedian and singer, born in Glynneath, Wales
- Sep 27 Randy Bachman, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (Guess Who - "American Woman"; Bachman-Turner Overdrive "Takin' Care Of Business"), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Sep 28 Bobby Hope, Scottish soccer midfielder (7 caps; West Bromwich Albion 336 games, Birmingham City, Sheffield Wednesday), born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland (d. 2022)
- Sep 28 Gertrud "Traudl" Hecher, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic bronze 1960)
- Sep 28 J. T. Walsh, American actor (Good Morning, Vietnam, Pleasantville), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
- Sep 28 Joel Higgins, American actor (Salvage 1, Silver Spoons), born in Bloomington, Illinois
- Sep 28 Mike Kreidler, American physician and politician (Rep-D-Washington 1993-95), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Sep 28 Nick St Nicholas [Klaus Kassbaum], German-Canadian rock bassist and songwriter (Steppenwolf, 1968-70 - "The Pusher"), born in Plön, Germany
- Sep 28 Susanne Jagd, Danish actress (Between the Sheets, Tinderbox)
- Sep 29 Gary Boyd Roberts, American genealogist
Lech Wałęsa (80 years old)
Sep 29 Polish Solidarity movement leader (Nobel Peace Prize 1983) and President of Poland (1990-95), born in Popowo, Poland
- Sep 29 Mohammad Khatami, Iranian politician, President of Iran (1997-2005), born in Ardakan, Iran
- Sep 29 Peter Rigby, British businessman and one of UK richest (Specialist Computer Holdings)
- Sep 29 Vince Tobin, American football coach (head coach Arizona Cardinals 1996-2000), born in Burlington Junction, Missouri (d. 2023)
- Sep 30 Ian Ogilvy, English actor (Return of the Saint), born in Woking, England
- Sep 30 Jody Powell, American White House press secretary for Jimmy Carter, born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 2009)
- Sep 30 Johann Deisenhofer, German biochemist (1988 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for determining structure of proteins essential to photosynthesis), born in Zusamaltheim, Germany
- Sep 30 Marilyn McCoo, American soul singer (5th Dimension; "You Don't Have To Be A Star") and TV host (Solid Gold), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Famous Weddings
Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth
Sep 7 American "Gilda" actress Rita Hayworth (24) weds American actor-director-wunderkind Orson Welles (28); divorce in 1947
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
- Sep 17 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), dies at 46
- Sep 18 William S. Harley, American mechanical engineer and businessman (co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company), dies of heart failure at 62
- Sep 23 Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks) and screenwriter, dies at 78
- Sep 27 Waclaw Gieburowski, Polish composer, dies at 65
- Sep 27 Willoughby Hamilton, Irish tennis, soccer player (Wimbledon 1890; Ireland 1 cap), dies at 78
- Sep 28 Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies at 77
- Sep 28 Fritzi Brunette, American actress, dies at 53
- Sep 30 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist and economist (The State), dies at 79
