Historical Events
- Sep 1 5 Protestant civilians are killed and 7 were wounded in a Provisional Irish Republican Army gun attack on Tullyvallen Orange Hall near Newtownhamilton, County Armagh
- Sep 1 All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh
- Sep 1 Gunsmoke goes off the air
Telethon
Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 10th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
- Sep 1 KOL-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KMPS
Baseball Record
Sep 1 NY Mets pitcher Tom Seaver shuts out Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0; first to reach 200 strikeouts for a MLB-record 8th straight season
- Sep 1 NYC transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents
- Sep 1 US stripper well oil prices decontrolled
- Sep 3 Chartered Boeing 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
Baseball Record
Sep 3 Dodgers 1st baseman Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak in a 13-2 loss v Cincinnati Reds
- Sep 3 England cricket batsman Bob Woolmer scores 149 on the final day to save the 4th Test v Australia at The Oval; longest first-class match ever played in England; 32 hours 17 minutes
- Sep 4 Egypt and Israel sign the Sinai Interim Agreement (aka Sinai II Agreement), with the intention of peacefully resolving territorial disputes, in Geneva, Switzerland
Assassination Attempt
Sep 5 First assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Sacramento, California
- Sep 5 Portugal Prime Minister Vasco Gonçalves dismissed
- Sep 5 Wings release single "Letting Go"
- Sep 6 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice, Turkey
Sports History
Sep 6 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open
- Sep 6 Tawny Elaine Godin (NY), 18, crowned 48th Miss America 1976
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 6 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert wins her first of 6 US singles titles; beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
- Sep 6 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 7 Cincinnati Reds, win earliest NL division title
Cricket History
Sep 7 Pakistani all-time great batsman Hanif Mohammad plays final day of 1st-class cricket for Pakistan International Airlines v Hyderabad at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 7 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Manuel Orantes of Spain wins his only Grand Slam title; upsets #1 seed Jimmy Connors 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; played on green Har-Tru clay surface
- Sep 8 Boston begins court-ordered bussing of public schools
Music Concert
Sep 9 Paul McCartney & Wings begin their "Wings Over The World" tour in Southampton, England; 65 concerts in Europe, Australia, Canada, and United States, runs through October of 1976
- Sep 9 Viking 2 Mars probe launches
Sports History
Sep 10 Darryl Sittler is named captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Sep 10 Rock band Kiss release their 1st live album "Alive!"
Wish You Were Here
Sep 12 Pink Floyd releases their ninth album "Wish You Were Here"
Canonization
Sep 14 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint by Pope Paul VI
- Sep 14 Rembrandt's oil painting "The Night Watch" slashed & damaged by an unemployed school teacher, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Sep 15 1st College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 17-3 in Foxborough
- Sep 15 Mike Vail extends hitting streak ton rookie-record 23 straight game
- Sep 15 The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
- Sep 16 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
- Sep 16 Pittsburgh second baseman Rennie Stennett is second to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning MLB game as Pirates rout Chicago Cubs, 22-0 at Wrigley Field
- Sep 16 The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
- Sep 17 Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
Event of Interest
Sep 18 American publishing heiress-turned-bank robber Patty Hearst captured by FBI in San Francisco, California
Fawlty Towers
Sep 19 "Fawlty Towers" starring John Cleese, Prunella Scales and Andrew Sachs premieres on BBC2 in the UK
- Sep 19 Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor
#1 in the Charts
Sep 20 David Bowie's "Fame," single goes #1 for 2 weeks
- Sep 20 Gary Sentman draws a record 176 lb longbow to a maximum 28½" draw
Ryder Cup
Sep 20 Ryder Cup Golf, Laurel Valley GC: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 21-11; Arnold Palmer non-playing American captain; Bernard Hunt GB & I skipper
- Sep 22 Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco
- Sep 22 World Football League folds
- Sep 24 OPEC announces a 15% increase in government per barrel revenues
#1 in the Charts
Sep 25 Pink Floyd's concept album "Wish You Were Here" reaches No. 1 in the US, goes on to sell 13 million copies
- Sep 26 Phillies & NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 AM
- Sep 27 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain
- Sep 28 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
- Sep 28 New York City Marathon: Tom Fleming claims men's title in 2:19:27; Kim Merritt wins women's event in 2:46:14
- Sep 28 The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people were taken as hostages, takes place in London.
- Sep 29 American television game show "Three for the Money" hosted by Dick Enberg, debuts on NBC-TV; cancelled after 8 weeks
- Sep 29 Sharon Crews (now known as Sharon Dahlonega Bush) becomes American television's first African-American weathercaster on WPGR-TV in Detroit, Michigan
Music History
Sep 29 Soul singer Jackie Wilson suffers a heart attack while singing on stage at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; he survives, but never fully recovers, spending most of final 8 years in a coma
- Sep 29 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 29 WGPR-TV Detroit, 1st Black-owned station in US, began broadcasting
- Sep 30 5 drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel at Niagara Falls, New York
- Sep 30 The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress (Neighbours), and rock singer (Rough Tarders - "Voodoo Child"), born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Sep 1 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Puerto Rican guitarist
- Sep 1 Scott Speedman, English-born actor
Mark Ronson (48 years old)
Sep 4 British-American record producer, songwriter and DJ (Uptown Funk), born in London, England
- Sep 4 Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek soccer forward (76 caps; Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, Eintracht Frankfurt), born in Filiatra, Greece
- Sep 5 Charles Greywolf [David Vogt], German heavy metal guitarist and record producer (Powerwolf), born in Berus, West Germany
- Sep 5 George Boateng, Dutch footballer, born in Nkawkaw, Ghana
- Sep 5 Rod Barajas, Mexican-American baseball player, born in Ontario, California
- Sep 6 Derrek Lee, American baseball 1st baseman (2 x MLB All Star, 3 x Gold Glove), born in Sacramento, California
- Sep 7 Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer, born in Heredia, Costa Rica
- Sep 7 Marie-Agnès Gillot, French ballet dancer & choreographer, born in Caen, France
- Sep 7 Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (3 x 500cc wins), born in Setagaya, Japan (d. 2007)
- Sep 8 Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player, born in Alma-Ata, Soviet Union
- Sep 8 John Thomas, American NBA forward (Boston Celtics), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Sep 8 Larenz Tate, American actor, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 8 Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer, born in Taebaek, South Korea
- Sep 8 Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane), born in Gravesend, Kent, England
Michael Bublé (48 years old)
Sep 9 Canadian Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer ("Haven't Met You Yet"; "It's A Beautiful Day"), and actor, born in Burnaby, British Columbia
Dan O'Toole (48 years old)
Sep 10 Canadian sports anchor (TSN, Fox Sports 1), born in Peterborough, Ontario
- Sep 10 Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor (Capitalist Pig hedge fund), born in Glencoe, Illinois
- Sep 10 Temple Taggart, American beauty contentent (Miss USA-Utah) and Donald Trump accuser, born in Cedar City, Utah
- Sep 11 Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Sep 11 Mark Klepaski, American bass guitarist (Breaking Benjamin), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Sep 13 Akihiro Asai, Japanese racing driver, born in Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 13 Joe Don Rooney, American musician (Rascal Flatts), born in Baxter Springs, Kansas
- Sep 15 Tom Dolan, American 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic gold 1996)
- Sep 16 Kip Harkrider, American baseball infielder (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Carthage, Texas
- Sep 17 Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist (Power Rangers), born in Roswell, New Mexico
- Sep 17 Constantine Maroulis, American rock singer (American Idol, season 4), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 17 Jimmie Johnson, American auto racer (7-time NASCAR Cup Series champion), born in El Cajon, California
- Sep 18 "Habacuc" Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican artist
- Sep 18 Barrett Comiskey, American inventor (E Ink, enabled e-books), born in the US
- Sep 18 Jason Sudeikis, American comedian, writer, and Emmy Award-winning actor (Horrible Bosses; Ted Lasso; SNL, 2005-13), born in Fairfax, Virginia
- Sep 18 Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian pistol shooter (OLympic gold 1992), born in Hrodna, Belarus
- Sep 18 Youssef Chahed, Tunisian politician and Prime Minister of Tunisia (2016-present), born in Tunis, Tunisia
- Sep 20 Asia Argento, Italian actress (Marie Antoinette), Weinstein accuser, born in Rome, Italy
- Sep 20 Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian-American race car driver, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Sep 22 Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Huntsville, Ontario
- Sep 22 Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter (Ostava)
- Sep 23 Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
- Sep 23 Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
- Sep 23 Layzie Bone [Steven Howse], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Sep 24 Kyle Turley, American football offensive lineman (First-team All-Pro 2000 New Orleans Saints; Second-team All-Pro 2003 St. Louis Rams), born in Provo, Utah
- Sep 24 Nick Hague, American NASA astronaut (Soyuz MS-10 & 12), born in Belleville, Kansas
- Sep 25 Daniel Hyde, British actor (Hollyoaks), born in London, England
- Sep 25 Declan Donnelly, English television presenter (Ant and Dec), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Sep 25 Mariusz Duda, Polish rock bassist and singer (Riverside), born in Wegorzewo, Poland
- Sep 25 Matt Hasselbeck, American football player, born in Boulder, Colorado
- Sep 26 Emma Härdelin, Swedish singer (Garmarna and Triakel), born in Krokom, Sweden
- Sep 26 Jake Paltrow, American film director and brother of Gwyneth Paltrow, born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 27 Ed Gray, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
- Sep 27 Tajama Abraham, WNBA center (Sacramento Monarchs)
- Sep 28 Karan Ashley [Jackson], American actress (Aisha-Mighty Power Rangers), born in Odessa, Texas
- Sep 28 Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer
- Sep 28 Mandy Barnett, American country singer ("Maybe"; "The Whispering Wind"), born in Crossville, Tennesee
- Sep 29 Albert Celades, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Real Madrid), born in Barcelona, Spain
- Sep 29 Heather Pease, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold 1996), born in Monterey, California
- Sep 29 Nathan Daughtrey, American classical marimba player, composer (Limerick Daydreams), and educator, born in North Carolina
- Sep 30 Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball shortstop (3-time MLB All Star; Seattle Mariners, Detroit Tigers), born in Maracay, Aragua
- Sep 30 Georges-Alain Jones, French pop singer ("Embrasse"), born in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
- Sep 30 Jay Asher, American writer, born in Arcadia, California
- Sep 30 Laure Péquégnot, French skier, born in Isère, France
Marion Cotillard (48 years old)
Sep 30 French actress (Inception, La Vie en Rose, Rust and Bone), born in Paris, France
- Sep 30 Sammy Igoe, English football player, born in Staines-upon-Thames, England
- Sep 30 Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author, born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Weddings
Roone Arledge
Sep 1 Broadcasting pioneer Roone Arledge (44) weds Ann Fowler; divorce in 1985
Danielle Steel
Sep 13 Novelist Danielle Steel (28) weds Danny Zugelder in the prison canteen
Dudley Moore & Tuesday Weld
Sep 20 British comic actor Dudley Moore (40) weds American actress Tuesday Weld (31); divorce in 1980
Famous Deaths
- Sep 4 Walter Tetley, American voice-over actor (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
- Sep 5 Georg Ots, Estonian baritone singer and actor, dies of a brain tumor at 55
- Sep 8 John Mylong, Austrian actor (Robot Monsters), dies at 82
- Sep 9 Ethel Griffies, English actress (Billy Liar, Birds), dies at 97
- Sep 9 John McGiver, American actor (Patty Duke Show; Jimmy Stewart Show; Fitzwilly), dies from a heart attack at 61
- Sep 9 Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
- Sep 10 George Paget Thomson, English physicist who demonstrated electron diffraction (Nobel 1937), dies at 83 [1]
- Sep 10 Hans Swarowsky, Austrian pianist, conductor (Graz Opera, 1947-50), and educator (Vienna Music Academy, 1949-75), dies at 75
- Sep 10 Robert Gordon Sproul, American educator and college president (University of California), dies at 84
- Sep 12 Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C'ship 1925; NY Giants), dies at 78
- Sep 14 Walter Herbert [Seligmann], German-American conductor, impresario (Houston Grand Opera, 1955- 72; San Diego Opera, 1965-77), and world champion bridge player, dies at 77
- Sep 16 Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b. 1896)
- Sep 18 Fairfield Porter, American painter, dies at 68
- Sep 18 Pamela Brown, British actress (Cleopatra, I Know Where I'm Going!, Beckett), dies from pancreatic cancer at 58
- Sep 20 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
- Sep 20 Vincent Lopez, American pianist and big band bandleader ("Nola"), dies at 79
- Sep 22 Franz Salmhofer, Austrian composer and musician, dies at 75
- Sep 22 Patricia Doyle, English actress (Wuthering Heights), dies at 60
- Sep 23 Constant Stotijn, Dutch cellist (Residence Orchestra), oboe player, and timpanist, dies at 62
- Sep 23 Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr. Blood's Coffin; White Unicorn), dies at 75
- Sep 23 René Thomas, French auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1914), dies at 89
- Sep 24 Clive Morton, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71
- Sep 24 Earle Cabell, American politician, 48th Mayor of Dallas (1961-64), dies at 68
- Sep 25 Bob Considine, American journalist and author (Babe Ruth Story), dies at 68
- Sep 26 Jacob Paludan, Danish writer and critic (Jorgen Stein), dies at 79
- Sep 27 Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
- Sep 27 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
- Sep 28 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), dies at 87
- Sep 28 Sidney Fields, American comedian and actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
Casey Stengel (1890-1975)
Sep 29 American Baseball HOF outfielder (World Series 1921, 22 NY Giants) and manager (7 x World Series NY Yankees; NY Mets 1st manager), dies of cancer at 85
