Historical Events
- Sep 1 Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns
- Sep 2 Belgium's Emissie bank closes
- Sep 2 Future US President George H. W. Bush bails from a burning plane during a mission in the Pacific
- Sep 2 US leaders meet in Belgium
Event of Interest
Sep 3 68th and last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) from Westerbork leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp
- Sep 3 Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
- Sep 3 French troops liberate Lyon
- Sep 3 Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp [1]
- Sep 3 Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Armed Forces
- Sep 3 Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
- Sep 4 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
- Sep 4 British 11th Armoured Division frees Antwerp
- Sep 4 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with Nazi Germany
- Sep 4 US 1st Army frees Namur, Belgium
- Sep 4 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Frank Parker wins 1st of 4 Grand Slam titles; beats William Talbert 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Sep 4 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Pauline Betz Addie wins her third straight US title; beats Margaret Osborne 6-3, 8-6
- Sep 5 "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany
- Sep 5 5 resistance fighter executed in Terneuzen, Netherlands
- Sep 5 Allies liberate Brussels
- Sep 5 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands sign customs Unity treaty
- Sep 5 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to Scotland
- Sep 5 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard
- Sep 6 Gen Von Zangen's 15th army escape from Zealand
- Sep 7 SS-general Kurt Meyer takes Durnal, Belgium
- Sep 7 Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12)
- Sep 8 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
- Sep 8 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
- Sep 9 Allied forces liberate Luxembourg
- Sep 9 Red Army supports coup in Bulgaria, instituting new Communist government (1946-1990) during the "National Uprising"
- Sep 9 Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands
- Sep 9 US 113th cavalry passes Belgian-Dutch borders
- Sep 10 Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
- Sep 11 A reconnaissance squadron of the US 5th Armored Division "Victory Division" is 1st allied force to enter Nazi-Germany
- Sep 12 Noorbeek becomes the first liberated community in the Netherlands during World War II
Conference of Interest
Sep 12 Second Quebec Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Combined Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec City, Canada to discuss Allied occupation zones, the Morgenthau Plan, U.S. Lend-Lease aid to Britain and the role of the Royal Navy
- Sep 12 US Army troops enter Germany for 1st time
- Sep 13 30th Infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten
- Sep 13 Great Atlantic hurricane reaches peak intensity as a Category 4 storm, goes on to kill 300-400 along the US East Coast
- Sep 13 Last transport out camp Westerbork to Bergen Belsen
- Sep 13 US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Siegfried line/Westwall
- Sep 14 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru
- Sep 14 Great Atlantic hurricane hits New England, 300-400 die along the US East Coast
- Sep 14 Gulpen, Meerssen & Maastricht freed
- Sep 14 US 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid
- Sep 14 US 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall
- Sep 15 British bombers hit German battleship Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs
- Sep 15 Soviet troops free Sofia, Bulgaria
- Sep 15 US 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall
- Sep 15 US 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid
- Sep 15 US troops land on islands of Palau and Morotai, western Pacific
Event of Interest
Sep 17 British Premier Winston Churchill travels to US
- Sep 17 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
- Sep 17 Operation Market Garden: In the largest airborne operation of WWII, Allied paratroopers land in the Netherlands in a failed attempt to capture the Arnhem bridge over the Rhine
- Sep 18 WWII: British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed, including 1,377 allied POWs and 4,200 Javanese slave laborers
- Sep 18 WWII: Eindhoven, Netherlands freed by American and British troops (Lightly Day)
- Sep 18 WWII: US 266th division defeats German troops at Brest Bretagne in Brittany, France after a 7 week siege; 37,000 prisoners taken, ports rendered useless
- Sep 19 Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War)
- Sep 19 Luftwaffe bombs Eindhoven: 200 killed
- Sep 20 Nijmegen is liberated from German occupation
- Sep 20 Polish forces liberate Terneuzen in the Netherlands
- Sep 21 Operation Market Garden: Last British paratroopers at Arnhem Bridge surrender after several days of fighting
- Sep 21 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel after a delay due to bad weather and a shortage of planes
- Sep 22 Boulogne reoccupied by the Allies
Martial law in the Philippines
Sep 22 President Jose P. Laurel declares the Philippines under martial law in 1944 through Proclamation No. 29
- Sep 22 US troops land on Ulithi atoll, western Pacific
- Sep 23 Proclamation No. 30 was issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom
- Sep 25 Operation Market Garden ends in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroopers are evacuated from Oosterbeek, near the town of Arnhem
- Sep 26 Soviet forces occupy Estonia
- Sep 26 World War II: Battle of Arnhem ends in Allied failure as German forces link up on both sides of the Lower Rhine river and mop up last British resistance
- Sep 27 Dutch cities Helmond and Oss are liberated
- Sep 28 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise)
- Sep 28 Nazi forces begin killing civilians in the Italian village of Marzabotto
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Archie Bell, American soul-pop singer (Archie Bell & the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Henderson, Texas
- Sep 1 Leonard Slatkin, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1979-96; Detroit Symphony, 2008-19), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 2 Claude Nicollier, Swiss astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75), born in Vevey, Switzerland
- Sep 2 Orlando Martínez, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold bantamweight 1972), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2021)
- Sep 3 Bill Price, British audio engineer (Tom Jones; Wings: Sparks; Elton John), and record producer (The Clash; Sex Pistols; Waterboys), born in England (d. 2016)
- Sep 3 Sherwood C. Spring, American astronaut (STS 61B), born in Hartford, Connecticut
- Sep 4 Christopher Needler, English businessman, born in Kingston upon Hull, England
- Sep 4 Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
- Sep 4 Jennifer Salt, American actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 5 Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, born in Rome (d. 1996)
- Sep 5 Rod Arrants, American actor (Vamping, Ape, Young & Restless), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Aubrey Mokoape, South African political anti-apartheid activist and leader (Pan-African Congress and Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sep 6 Gordon DeMarco, American writer and activist, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1995)
- Sep 6 Linda Kaye Henning, American actress (Betty Joe-Petticoat Junction), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Swoosie Kurtz, American actress (Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Sep 7 Bertel Haarder, Danish politician (Minister of Education), born in Kruså, Denmark
- Sep 8 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1991)
- Sep 9 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
- Sep 10 Héctor Silva, Argentine rugby union number 8 (24 caps; Los Tilos) and coach (Argentina 1985-87), born in La Plata, Argentina (d. 2021)
- Sep 10 Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England
- Sep 11 Everaldo, Brazilian footballer, born in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Sep 11 Freddy Thielemans, Belgian socialist politician (Mayor of Brussels), born in Laeken, Belgium
- Sep 11 John McSherry, American MLB baseball umpire, 1971-96 (World Series - 1977, 87; All-Star Game - 1975, 82, 91), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1996)
Barry White (1944-2003)
Sep 12 American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas
- Sep 12 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
- Sep 12 Leonard Peltier, Native American activist (American Indian Movement), born in Grand Forks, North Dakota
- Sep 12 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
- Sep 12 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), born in Fujieda, Japan (d. 2022)
- Sep 13 Carol Barnes, British television news journalist (ITN; ITV), born in Norwich, England (d. 2008)
- Sep 13 Jacqueline Bisset, English actress (Class, Deep, Secrets), born in Weybridge, Surrey, England
- Sep 13 Les Harvey, Scottish rock guitarist (Stone The Crows), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1972)
- Sep 13 Peter Cetera, American rock bassist, lead singer, and songwriter (Chicago, 1967-85 - "25 or 6 to 4" ;"If You Leave Me Now"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 14 Joey Heatherton, American dancer and actress (Bluebeard), born in Rockville Center, New York
- Sep 15 Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician, born in Trikala, Greece
Ard Schenk (79 years old)
Sep 16 Dutch speed skater (3 Olympic gold 1972), born in Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
- Sep 16 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama
- Sep 17 Reinhold Messner, Italian mountain climber (Mount Everest), born in Brixen (Bressanone), Italy
- Sep 18 Charles Lacy Veach, American astronaut (STS 39, STS 52), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Sep 18 Michael Franks, American jazz singer and songwriter, born in La Jolla, California
- Sep 18 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, born in Chipiona, Spain (d. 2006)
- Sep 19 Anders Björck, Swedish politician (Minister for Defence), born in Nässjö, Jönköping County, Sweden
- Sep 20 Jeremy Child, English actor (Privilege, Taffin), born in Woking, Surrey, England
- Sep 21 Fannie Flagg, American actress and comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Sep 21 Hamilton Jordan, political advisor (Crisis, Last Year of Carter Pres)
- Sep 21 Jesse Ed Davis, Native American guitarist, born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1988)
- Sep 21 Steve Beshear, American politician (D) Governor of Kentucky (2007-2015), born in Dawson Springs, Kentucky
- Sep 21 Susan Maureen Fleetwood, Scotland, actress (Krays, Sacrifice)
- Sep 22 Jim Forrest, Scottish soccer striker (5 caps; Rangers, Preston NE, Aberdeen, Hong Kong Rangers), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2023)
- Sep 22 John S. Tanner, American politician (Rep-D-Tennessee 1989-2011), born in Halls, Tennessee
- Sep 22 Roger Nichols, American recording engineer, producer and inventor (Steely Dan; John Denver), born in Oakland, California (d. 2011)
- Sep 23 Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46)
- Sep 24 Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), born in Halle, Germany (d. 2022)
- Sep 24 Diana Körner, German actress (Barry Lyndon), born in Wolmirsleben, Germany
- Sep 25 Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), born in Novomoskovsk, Russia (d. 2021)
- Sep 25 Doris Matsui, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Poston, Arizona
- Sep 25 Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Sep 25 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)
Michael Douglas (79 years old)
Sep 25 American actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Sep 26 Anne Robinson, English television host (The Weakest Link), born in Crosby, Lancashire, England
- Sep 26 Victoria Vetri, American model and Playboy playmate (Sep 1967, Playmate of the Year 1968), convicted of manslaughter, born in San Francisco, California
- Sep 27 IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (NATO)
- Sep 28 Matthew Cowles, American soap actor (Eban Japes-Loving, Billy-All My Children), born in New York, (d. 2014)
- Sep 29 Mike Post [Leland Michael Postil], American Grammy and Emmy award-winning television composer (Rockford Files; Hill Street Blues; Magnum P.I.), born in Berkley, California
- Sep 29 Torben Jensen, Danish actor (Taxa; Hayfever; Watch Me Fly; Guldregn), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2018)
- Sep 30 Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 30 Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish soccer forward (23 caps; Celtic FC), born in Viewpark, Scotland (d. 2006)
Famous Weddings
Yul Brynner
Sep 6 Actor Yul Brynner (24) weds actress Virginia Gilmore (25) at the Los Angeles County Courthouse; divorce in 1960
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Bella Rosenfeld, Jewish Belarusian writer, subject of Marc Chagall's paintings and his 1st wife, dies at 48
- Sep 2 George W. Norris, U.S. Senator noted for his advocacy of political reform and of public ownership of hydroelectric-power plants, dies at 83
- Sep 2 Gustav Aschaffenburg, German psychiatrist (pioneer in criminology and forensic pathology), dies at 78
- Sep 2 Manfred Freiherr von Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide after Romanian coup
- Sep 3 František Drdla, Czech composer, dies at 75
- Sep 4 Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Herzogenbusch concentration camp at 35
- Sep 6 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer and resistance fighter, murdered
- Sep 7 Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer, dies at 70
- Sep 8 Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer (Frau Helga von Staveren; Thijl), conductor, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, dies of pneumonia at 63
- Sep 10 Jaap P. Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
- Sep 13 Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross, executed at Dachau at 30
- Sep 13 W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator and cartoonist (Don Quixote), dies at 72
- Sep 16 Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
- Sep 17 Friedrich Kussin, German Major-General and commander in Arnhem during Operation Market Garden, dies in battle at 49
- Sep 18 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer and Army captain, killed in battle at Arnhem, Netherlands at 27
- Sep 18 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch army officer and Anti-Revolution Party (ARP) politician (Prime Minister, 1925-26 & 1933-39), dies at 75
- Sep 18 Robert Cole, US army Lt, Colonel shot by a sniper in battle at Best, Netherlands at 29
- Sep 19 David Lord, British RAF pilot (Victoria Cross), dies in the Battle of Arnhem at 30
Guy Gibson (1918-1944)
Sep 19 British aviator who led the Dambusters Raid (Victoria Cross), killed in action at 26
- Sep 19 Hilaro Barlow, British colonel, dies during the Battle of Arnhem at 37
- Sep 20 John Grayburn, British soldier who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the defence of Arnhem bridge, dies during the battle at 26
- Sep 22 "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek
- Sep 23 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch Prime Minister (1933-39) is buried
- Sep 25 Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
- Sep 25 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, Alsatian composer, dies at 43
- Sep 26 Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64
- Sep 27 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), dies at 53
- Sep 27 Aristide Maillol, French painter and sculptor (Seated Woman), dies in car crash at 82
- Sep 27 Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Russian photographer and chemist, dies at 81
