Historical Events
- Sep 1 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
- Sep 1 Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
- Sep 1 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 1 United Nations announces Earth's population has hit 3 billion
- Sep 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Baseball Record
Sep 2 St. Louis 1st baseman Stan Musial's records his 3,516th hit in Cards' 4-3 loss v NY Mets; overtakes Tris Speaker into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the MLB all-time list
- Sep 2 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 4 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI Studios in London
Event of Interest
Sep 4 French President Charles de Gaulle visits German FR
- Sep 5 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
- Sep 5 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
- Sep 6 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 8 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
- Sep 8 Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
- Sep 8 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 9 Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses
- Sep 9 WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 10 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver completes his first Grand Slam defeating fellow Queenslander Roy Emerson 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 10 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith beats defending champion Darlene Hard 9-7, 6-4 for her first US singles crown
- Sep 10 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Beatles record "Love Me Do", "PS I Love You", and a slow version of "Please, Please Me" ,with session player Andy White on drums; Ringo relegated to tambourine
- Sep 11 KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
- Sep 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 15 "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
- Sep 15 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
- Sep 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 15 WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 16 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
- Sep 16 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
- Sep 16 Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC
- Sep 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 17 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools
- Sep 17 US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
- Sep 18 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
- Sep 18 Charlie Finley is denied permission to move As to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Sep 18 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN
- Sep 18 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 19 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 20 Ahmed Ben Bella is elected Prime Minister of Algeria in their first election following independence
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett refuses to admit an African-American, James Meredith, to Mississippi University
Music History
Sep 22 Pete Seeger headlines 'Hootenanny, at Carnegie Hall' in NYC; Bob Dylan shares the bill
The Jetsons
Sep 23 ABC's 1st color TV series "The Jetsons" premieres, created by Hanna-Barbera and Joseph Barbera
- Sep 23 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills breaks Ty Cobb's 1915 MLB steals record, recording #97 on his way to 104
Event of Interest
Sep 23 Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora" premieres in Berlin
- Sep 23 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
- Sep 24 KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 24 US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
- Sep 25 "New Painting of Common Objects" exhibition at Pasadena Art Museum opens - 1st show on American Pop Art
- Sep 25 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon, Georgia
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 25 Challenger Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson at 2:06 of round 1 at Comiskey Park, Chicago to win the world heavyweight boxing title
- Sep 25 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 25 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup
- Sep 25 Yankees clinch AL pennant
- Sep 26 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills becomes first player in MLB history to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
- Sep 26 TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS
- Sep 26 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
- Sep 27 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
Silent Spring
Sep 27 Rachel Carson publishes "Silent Spring" about the deleterious impacts of pesticide use in the US on the environment
- Sep 27 US sells Israel Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
- Sep 28 "Brighter Day" last airs on CBS-TV daytime
- Sep 28 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 28 "Jan Murray Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Sep 28 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
- Sep 28 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
- Sep 28 Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
- Sep 28 The last airing of "The Tonight Show" prior to Johnny Carson becoming host airs on NBC-TV
- Sep 29 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
- Sep 29 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3
- Sep 29 "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV
Music History
Sep 29 Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady", adapted from George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", starring Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, and Stanley Holloway, closes at the Broadway Theater, NYC, after 2,715 performances and 6 Tony Award wins
- Sep 29 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
- Sep 29 Indians & Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader
- Sep 29 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)
You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover
Sep 29 Music single "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48
United Farm Workers
Sep 30 Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
- Sep 30 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Ruud Gullit, Dutch soccer midfielder (66 caps; Ballon d'Or 1987; Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan, Chelsea), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sep 1 Tony Cascarino, Irish soccer striker, broadcaster (88 caps Rep of Ireland; Millwall, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Marseille, Nancy), born in St Paul's Cray, Kent, England
- Sep 2 Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
- Sep 2 Jon Berkeley, author and illustrator
- Sep 2 Keir Starmer, British lawyer and politician (Member of Parliament, 2015 -present; Leader of the Labour Party), born in Southwark, London, England
- Sep 2 Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
- Sep 3 Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor Picket Fences), born in Melbourne, Australia
- Sep 3 Dave Clark, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1986-98 (Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, and 5 other teams), manager (Houston Astros, 2009), and coach (Houston, Detroit Tigers), born in Tupelo, Mississippi
- Sep 3 Roberto Cassan, Italian-American jazz and folk accordionist, born in Fanna, Italy (d. 2016)
- Sep 4 Kiran More, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (49 Tests, 130 dismissals, 7 x 50; Baroda), born in Baroda, India
Shinya Yamanaka (61 years old)
Sep 4 Japanese physician (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine), born in Osaka, Japan
- Sep 4 Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, born in Esbjerg, Denmark
- Sep 5 Beth Underhill, Canadian equestrian jumper (Olympics 26-92, 96), born in Georgetown, Ontario
- Sep 5 Peter Wingfield, Welsh rocker and actor (Methos-Highlander), born in Cardiff
Chris Christie (61 years old)
Sep 6 American Republican politician, Governor of New Jersey (2010-18) and presidential candidate, born in Newark, New Jersey
- Sep 6 Doug Boyle, English guitarist and composer (Robert Plant; Nigel Kennedy), born in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England
- Sep 6 Elizabeth Vargas, American TV journalist (20/20), born in Paterson, New Jersey
- Sep 6 Kevin Willis, American basketball center (NBA C'ship 2003 SA Spurs; NBA All-Star 1992 Atlanta Hawks; one of 15 players 16,000+ career points & 11,000+ rebounds), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 7 Jennifer Egan, American novelist (A Visit from the Goon Squad), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 8 Cecilia Coleman, American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, born in Long Beach, California
- Sep 8 Christopher Klim, American novelist (Jesus Lives in Trenton), born in Trenton, New Jersey
- Sep 8 René Klijn, Dutch singer (Mr Blue), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- Sep 8 Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player (Olympic silver 1988), born in Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 8 Thomas Kretschmann, German actor (Resident Evil: Apocalypse), born in Dessau, East Germany
- Sep 9 Aleta Rzepecki Sill, American bowler (1983 WIBC single), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 9 Jack Trudeau, American NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers), born in Forest Lake, Minnesota
- Sep 11 Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician (Vlaams Belang), born in Bruges, Belgium
- Sep 11 Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer (Barcelona), born in Bilbao, Spain
- Sep 11 Kristy McNichol, American actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 12 Amy Yasbeck, American actress (Casey Davenport-Wings, Mask), born in Blue Ash, Ohio
- Sep 12 Dino Merlin, Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sep 13 Brian Fowler, New Zealand cyclist (C'wealth Games gold team time trial 1990; Tour of Southland x 8), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
- Sep 13 Neal Lancaster, American golfer (US Open 1995 4th), born in Smithfield, North Carolina
- Sep 13 Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian poet and author, born in Tallinn, Estonia
- Sep 14 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2021)
- Sep 15 Dina Lohan, American television personality, mother and manager of actress Lindsay Lohan, born in New York City
- Sep 15 Earnest Byner, American NFL running back (Cleveland Browns) and coach, born in Milledgeville, Georgia
- Sep 15 Rebecca Miller, American director and writer (The Ballad of Jack and Rose), born in Roxbury, Connecticut
- Sep 16 Julie Larsen Piers, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship runner-up 1996), born in Westchester, New York
- Sep 16 Roger Ross Williams, American director (1st African American director to win an Oscar for "Music by Prudence"), born in Easton, Pennsylvania
- Sep 17 Baz Luhrmann, Australian film director (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!), born in Sydney, Australia
- Sep 17 Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor (Harry-21 Jump Street), born in Saigon, Vietnam
- Sep 18 Joanne Catherall, English rock vocalist (Human League), born in Sheffield, England
- Sep 18 John Fashanu, English soccer striker (2 caps; Wimbledon FC) and TV presenter (Gladiators; Fash's Football Challenge; Deal or No Deal Nigeria), born in London, England
- Sep 19 Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian, born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
- Sep 19 Ken Rosenthal, American sportswriter and reporter, born in Oyster Bay, Long Island
- Sep 19 Randy Myers, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1990, 94, 95, 97; World Series 1990; NLCS MVP 1990; Cincinnati Reds), born in Vancouver, Washington
- Sep 19 Tonja Walker, American actress (Alex-One Life to Live), born in Huntington, West Virginia
- Sep 21 Rob Morrow, American actor (Northern Exposure - "Dr Fleishman'; Numb3rs "Agent Eppes"), born in New Rochelle, New York
- Sep 21 Rune Richardsen, Norwegian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Lillestrøm SK), born in Jessheim, Norway (d. 2023)
- Sep 22 Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer and journalist, born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Sep 22 Jesse "James" Dupree, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (Jackl - "The Lumberjack"), and television personality (Full Throttle Saloon), born in Kennesaw, Georgia
- Sep 22 Nuzo Onoh, Nigerian-British writer 'the Queen of African Horror' (Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award) [1]
- Sep 22 Rob Stone, American actor (Kevin-Mr Belvedere), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 23 Jack Warren Pierce, Cherry Hill NJ, hurdler
- Sep 23 John Harbaugh, American NFL coach (Super Bowl 2012, Baltimore Ravens 2008-20), born in Toledo, Ohio
- Sep 24 Jack Dee, British comedian (I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue), born in Bromley, England
- Sep 24 Jake Phelps, American skateboarder, journalist (editor Thrasher magazine), born in San Francisco, CA (d. 2019)
- Sep 24 Mike Phelan, English footballer and coach (Manchester United), born in Nelson, England
- Sep 24 Nia Vardalos, Canadian American actress (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Sep 25 Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights advocate (founded Viasna, Nobel Peace Prize 2022), born in Vyartsilya, Karelia, Russia [1]
- Sep 25 Chris Sheldon, British record producer (Foo Fighters; Pixies; Garbage), born in Karachi, Pakistan
- Sep 25 Rajiv Kulkarni, Indian cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 5 wickets, BB 3/85; Mumbai), born in Mumbai, India
- Sep 26 Melissa Sue Anderson, American actress (Little House on the Prairie), born in Berkeley, California
- Sep 26 Peter Foster, Australian career criminal and con man, born in Queensland, Australia
- Sep 26 Steve Moneghetti, Australian marathoner (Olympic 5th 1988, 92, 96), born in Ballarat, Australia
- Sep 26 Tracey Thorn, English rock vocalist (Everything But The Girl - "Missing"), born in Brookmans Park, United Kingdom
- Sep 27 Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricket fast/medium bowler (8 Tests, 24 wickets; 121 ODIs, 113 wickets; chairman selectors), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Grant Fuhr (61 years old)
Sep 28 Canadian NHL goalie (Oilers), born in Spruce Grove, Alberta
- Sep 28 Irving Fryar, American NFL wide receiver (5-time Pro Bowl, #1 pick 1984 Draft), born in Mount Holly Township, New jersey
- Sep 28 Laurie Rinker-Graham, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1987 3rd), born in Stuart, Florida
- Sep 28 Luis Enrique, Spanish singer (Luces del Alma)
- Sep 28 Thomas Mork, Danish actor (Krystalbarnet, Bryggeren)
- Sep 29 Al Pitrelli, American musician and guitarist
- Sep 29 Roger Bart, American actor and singer (The Producers), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
- Sep 30 Dave Magadan, American baseball player (NY Mets, Chicago Cubs), born in Tampa, Florida
- Sep 30 Frank Rijkaard, Surinam-Dutch soccer star (Ajax, AC Milan)
- Sep 30 Massimo Bottura, Italian restaurateur (Osteria Francescana), born in Modena, Italy
- Sep 30 Shaan [Shantanu Mukherjee], Bengali playback and pop singer-songwriter, actor, and TV personality (The Voice India), born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India
Famous Weddings
Janet Leigh
Sep 15 American actress Janet Leigh (35) weds Swedish film maker and stockbroker Robert Brandt
Famous Divorces
Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis
Sep 14 American actress Janet Leigh (35) divorces American actor Tony Curtis (37) after 10 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Anton Mauve (Jr), Dutch painter, dies at 63
- Sep 2 William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and nightclubs such as Ciro's (b. 1890)
- Sep 3 E. E. Cummings [Edward Estlin], American poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
- Sep 4 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1906; 1st President International Hall of Fame 1954), dies at 80
- Sep 5 Gertrude E. Durden Rush, American composer and playwright (Black Girls Burden). dies at 82
- Sep 6 Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer (East German National Anthem), dies at 64
- Sep 6 Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
- Sep 7 Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese historical novelist, dies at 70
- Sep 7 Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen-Finecke], Danish baroness and writer (Out of Africa), dies at 77
- Sep 7 Morris Louis, American painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49
- Sep 8 Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1953 for polymers), dies at 84
- Sep 8 Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer ("Mbube" / "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), dies of kidney failure at 52 or 53 [birth date uncertain]
- Sep 9 Geoffrey Mander, English industrialist (Mander Brothers Ltd.), dies at 80
- Sep 9 Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian (Night club), dies at 82
- Sep 10 Rollin Henry White, American inventor of steam boilers for early automobiles and Cletrac tractors, dies at 90 [1]
- Sep 12 William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish clergyman and astronomer (director of the Armagh Observatory), dies at 53
- Sep 14 Marcel Delannoy, French composer, dies at 64
- Sep 16 Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71
- Sep 18 Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64
- Sep 19 Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright, dies at 61
- Sep 20 Curley Weaver, American blues guitarist, dies of uremia at 56
- Sep 27 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Brazilian professor and politician (Prime Minister of Brazil 1962), dies at 52
- Sep 29 Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
- Sep 29 Robert Burton, American actor (The Big Heat, Compulsion, A Man Called Peter), dies from cancer at 67
