Historical Events
- Sep 1 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv
Telethon
Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 15th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,103,787
Cricket History
Sep 2 Australian cricket batsman Kim Hughes becomes 3rd player to bat on all 5 days of a Test match as the rain affected Centenary Test peters out to a draw at Lord's; BBC's John Arlott calls his final match
- Sep 4 Progressive rock group Yes performs its last concert at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Satyagraha
Sep 5 Philip Glass and Constance DeJong's opera "Satyagraha", loosely based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, premieres the Schouwburg, in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Sep 5 Poland party leader Edward Gierek resigns
- Sep 5 World's longest road tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
- Sep 6 French runner Chantal Langlacé sets women's 100k world record (7h 27m 22s) in Amiens, France
- Sep 6 Macalaster U of St Paul, Minn beats Mount Senario 17-14
- Sep 6 Susan Powell of Oklahoma (21), crowned 53rd Miss America 1981
- Sep 6 US College football longest losing streak of 50 games ends for Macalester College (St. Paul)
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 6 US Open Women's Tennis: In the centenary women's singles final, Chris Evert-Lloyd wins her 5th US title; beats Hana Mandlíková 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Sep 7 32nd Emmy Awards: "Taxi"; "Lou Grant"; Ed Asner & Barbara Bel Geddes win. Notable for going ahead despite 51 of the 52 nominated performers boycotting the event due to a strike by members of the Screen Actors Guild.
- Sep 7 Cape Verde adopts its constitution
- Sep 7 Earnest Gray becomes 2nd NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs St Louis)
- Sep 7 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
- Sep 7 Turkish coup d'état - armed forces led by Kenan Evren announce they are dissolving the government [1]
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 7 US Open Men's Tennis: In centenary men's singles final John McEnroe retains title; beats Björn Borg 7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4
Sports History
Sep 8 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
- Sep 10 Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
- Sep 10 Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick
- Sep 11 Chile adopts its constitution
- Sep 11 Ron LeFlore (91st) & Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record
- Sep 12 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey
- Sep 13 1st United Negro College Fund
- Sep 13 5th Toronto International Film Festival: "Bad Timing" directed by Nicolas Roeg wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 14 "Charlie & Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances
- Sep 14 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
Temporary Secretary
Sep 15 Paul McCartney releases single "Temporary Secretary"
Divine Madness
Sep 17 Bette Midler's concert film "Divine Madness", directed by Michael Ritchie, premieres
- Sep 17 Iraq breaks 1975 treaty with Iran and proclaims sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab waterway
- Sep 17 Iraq under Saddam Hussein signs accord with Algeria
- Sep 17 Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his consecutive complete-game streak at 22
Event of Interest
Sep 17 Polish workers under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa found the Solidarity movement at the Gdańsk Shipyard
Event of Interest
Sep 17 South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae-jung sentenced to death
- Sep 18 Alain Boubil and Herbert Kretzner's musical "Les Misérables" premieres at Palais des Sports, Paris
- Sep 18 Royals Willie Wilson steals AL-record 28 consecutive base
- Sep 18 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station
Ordinary People
Sep 19 "Ordinary People" directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch premieres (Academy Award - Best Picture, 1981)
- Sep 19 US Titan II Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile explodes in its storage silo near Damascus, Arkansas; 1 person killed and over 20 injured, but safety features prevented thermonuclear detonation
Blizzard of Ozz
Sep 20 "Blizzard of Ozz", the debut solo album by English rock musician Ozzy Osbourne, is released in the United Kingdom
- Sep 20 Bronze plaque dedicated to memory of catcher Thurman Munson unveiled at Yankee Stadium: Munson died in plane crash in 1979
Sports History
Sep 20 George Brett goes 0-for-4 dropping his avg below .400 for good
- Sep 20 Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
- Sep 21 Kerry GAA beat Roscommon GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 1-9 to 1-6 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row.
- Sep 21 LA Ram Johnnie Johnson scores a 99 yard interception
Music History
Sep 21 Reggae singer Bob Marley collapses while jogging in New York City's Central Park; medical exam finds his cancer had spread to his brain, lungs, and liver
- Sep 21 Richard Todd of NY Jets completes 42 passes in a game (NFL record)
- Sep 22 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
Contract of Interest
Sep 22 John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
- Sep 23 Reggae legend Bob Marley's final concert at Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sep 24 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
- Sep 24 Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan
Film & TV History
Sep 25 Comedian Chevy Chase calls Cary Grant a homo on "Tomorrow" show, a $10M defamation lawsuit follows, settled out-of-court for an undisclosed sum
Sports History
Sep 25 Jerry Mumphrey joins Ozzie Smith and Gene Richards to steal 50 bases this year for Padres
- Sep 25 The first congress of the Democratic Youth Organization of Afghanistan held in Kabul
- Sep 25 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 25 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Sep 26 Bomb attack on Octoberfest in Munich, 12 killed
- Sep 26 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
- Sep 26 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 38 returns to Earth
- Sep 27 Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.
- Sep 27 WHOT (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
- Sep 28 "Charlie & Algernon" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 17 performances
- Sep 28 Australian Williams driver Alan Jones clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit
Event of Interest
Sep 28 Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
- Sep 28 Jaromir Wagner is 1st to fly Atlantic standing on wing
Film & TV History
Sep 29 Actor Malcolm McDowell weds actress Mary Steenburgen
- Sep 30 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Iran–Iraq War
Sep 30 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
Baseball Record
Sep 30 Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record with his 97th in A's 5-1 win over Chicago White Sox; breaks Ty Cobb's mark of 96 set in 1915
- Sep 30 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Lara Pulver, English stage and screen actress (Spooks), born in Southend-on-Sea, England
- Sep 1 Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian soccer goalkeeper (38 caps; FC Ironi Ashdod), born in Accra, Ghana
- Sep 2 Dany Sabourin, French Canadian Goaltender in the National Hockey League
- Sep 2 Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
- Sep 2 Yonderboi [László Fogarasi Jr], Hungarian indie-pop composer, music producer (Splendid Isolation), and visual artist, born in Kaposvár, Hungary
- Sep 3 (Jason) "Cone" McCaslin, Canadian punk rock bassist (Sum 41), born in North York, Ontario
- Sep 3 Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer, born in Pergamino, Argentina
- Sep 3 Jennie Finch, American softball pitcher (Olympic gold 2004, silver 2008) and broadcaster (ESPN), born in La Mirada, California
- Sep 3 The B.G. [Christopher Dorsey], American rapper, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Sep 4 Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese pop singer, born in Kure, Japan
- Sep 4 Pat Neshek, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2014 St. Louis Cardinals, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Sep 4 Tamika Mallory, American activist and founder of Mallory Consulting, born in New York City
- Sep 5 Franco Costanzo, Argentinian football goalkeeper, born in Río Cuarto, Argentina
- Sep 6 Jillian Hall, American professional wrestler, born in Ashland, Kentucky
- Sep 6 Joseph Yobo, Nigerian soccer defender (101 caps; Standard Liège, Marseille, Everton, Fenerbahçe ), born in Kono, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Sep 6 Joshua Cohen, American writer (The Netanyahus - 2022 Pulitzer Prize for fiction), born in Somers Point, New Jersey
- Sep 6 Kerry Katona, British singer-songwriter (Atomic Kitten), born in Warrington, Cheshire, England
- Sep 6 Samuel Peter, Nigerian-American heavyweight boxer, born in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
- Sep 7 Gabriel Milito, Argentine soccer defender (42 caps; Independiente, Zaragoza), born in Bernal, Argentina
- Sep 7 Javad Nekounam, Iranian soccer midfielder (151 caps; Pas, Osasuna), born in Rey, Iran
- Sep 7 Mark Prior, American baseball pitcher who was a MLB All Star 2003 Chicago Cubs; coach World Series 2020 LA Dodgers, born in San Diego, California
- Sep 7 Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist (Olympic gold, road race 2004), born in Gunnedah, New South Wales
- Sep 8 Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer, born in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Michelle Williams (43 years old)
Sep 9 American actress (Dawson's Creek), born in Kalispell, Montana
- Sep 10 Jayam Ravi [Mohan Ravi], Indian actor (Dhaam Dhoom), born in Tirumangalam, Madurai, India
- Sep 10 Timothy Goebel, American figure skater (first to land quadruple salchow jump; Olympic bronze 2002; World C'ship silver 2002, 03), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Sep 10 [Michael] Mikey Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance), born in Kearny, New Jersey
- Sep 11 Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver, born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
- Sep 11 Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Sep 12 Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer, born in Jardinopolis, Brazil
- Sep 12 Gus G., Greek guitarist (Firewind, Dream Evil), born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Sep 12 Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey center (World C'ship gold 2005; Carolina Hurricanes), born in Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
- Sep 12 Sean Burroughs, American baseball player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 12 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player, born in Shanghai
- Sep 13 Ben Savage, American actor (Little Monsters, Wild Palms), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 13 Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player, born in Aomori, Japan
- Sep 13 Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
- Sep 13 Han Chae-young, South Korean actress, born in Daegu, South Korea
- Sep 13 Michelle Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run), born in Rockville Centre, New York
- Sep 13 Teppei Teranishi, American guitarist (Thrice), born in California
- Sep 15 David Diehl, American football player (NY Giants), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 15 Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer, born in Taipei, Taiwan
- Sep 15 Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player and manager (Golden State Warriors), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Sep 16 Patrik Štefan, Czech ice hockey player, born in Příbram, Czechoslovakia
- Sep 17 Asashoryu Akinori, Mongolian sumo wrestler (born as Dolgorsuren Dagvador)
- Sep 17 Danny Haren, American baseball player, born in Monterey Park, California
- Sep 17 Maryam Touzani, Moroccan filmmaker and actress (Adam), born in Tangier, Morocco
- Sep 18 Adeel Akhtar, English actor (Murdered by My Father), born in London, England
- Sep 18 Avi Strool, Israeli footballer, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sep 18 Charles Hedger, British heavy metal guitarist (Cradle of Filth), born in UK
- Sep 19 Sara Quin, Canadian singer and songwriter (Tegan and Sara), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Sep 19 Tegan Quin, Canadian singer and songwriter (Tegan and Sara), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Sep 20 Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
- Sep 20 Mariacarla Boscono, Italian fashion model
- Sep 20 Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
- Sep 21 Aleksa Palladino, American actress
- Sep 21 Autumn Reeser, American actress
- Sep 21 Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress (3 Idiots), born in Bombay, India
- Sep 21 Nyree Lewis, British Paralympic swimmer
- Sep 21 Robert Hoffman, American actor
- Sep 21 Tomas Scheckter, South African racing driver
- Sep 22 Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel, born in Natal, Brazil
- Sep 23 Cameron Litvack, American television producer (Ugly Betty, V), and screenwriter (Charmed), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 24 Daniele Bennati, Italian professional road racing cyclist, born in Arezzo, Italy
- Sep 24 Dean Canto, Australian racing driver (Supercars), born in Sydney, Australia
- Sep 24 John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer, born in Molde, Norway
- Sep 24 Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer, born in Lahti, Findland
- Sep 25 T.I. [Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.], American rapper and actor (Bring Em Out, Dead and Gone), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 26 Aurélien Rougerie, French rugby union outside back (76 caps; ASM Clermont Auvergne), born in Beaumont, France
- Sep 26 Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Swedish ice hockey players, born in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
- Sep 26 Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver, born in Wolfsberg, Austria
- Sep 29 Chrissy Metz, American actress and singer (This Is Us), born in Homestead, Florida
- Sep 29 Dallas Green, Canadian musician (Alexisonfire, City and Colour), born in St. Catharines, Ontario
- Sep 29 Maria Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir, Icelandic composer (Aequora; Kom vinur), born in Iceland
- Sep 29 Patrick Agyemang, English footballer, born in London, England
- Sep 29 Zachary Levi [Pugh], American actor (Chuck), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Sep 30 Camilla D'Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
Martina Hingis (43 years old)
Sep 30 Swiss tennis player (5 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
- Sep 30 Virgil Abloh, American designer (Louis Vuitton menswear), 1st African American artistic director at a French fashion house, born in Rockford, Illinois
Famous Weddings
Theresa May
Sep 6 81st Prime Minister of UK Theresa May (née Brasier) (23) weds investment banker Philip May at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Wheatley, Oxfordshire
Famous Divorces
Michael Crichton
Sep 5 Lawyer Kathleen St. Johns divorces best-selling author Michael Crichton (37) after nearly 2 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 William Douglas Denny, American composer, dies at 70
- Sep 3 Barbara O'Neil, American actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas), dies at 70
- Sep 3 Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke, Mig og mafiaen), dies of a myocardial infarction at 54
- Sep 3 Duncan Renaldo, Spanish actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies from lung cancer at 76
- Sep 3 Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
- Sep 4 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74
- Sep 5 Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies of cancer at 48
- Sep 5 Don Banks, Australian orchestral, jazz, and film score composer, dies of leukemia at 56
- Sep 8 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), dies at 56
- Sep 8 Hermann Claudius, German folk poet (Meister Bertram), dies at 101
- Sep 8 Jean Piaget, Swiss pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist, dies at 84
Willard Libby (1908-1980)
Sep 8 American chemist who developed radiocarbon dating (Nobel 1960), dies of pneumonia at 71
- Sep 9 Harold Clurman, American theatrical producer and director (Deadline at Dawn), dies at 78
- Sep 9 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, journalist and author (Black Like Me), dies from complications of diabetes at 60
- Sep 11 Jose Antonio Calcano, Venezuelan composer, teacher, and choral director, dies at 80
- Sep 12 André Chéron, French chess player (French Champion, 1926, 1927 & 1929) and endgame theorist, dies at 84
- Sep 12 Lillian Randolph, American radio and screen actress (The Great Gildersleeve; Amos 'n Andy; It's A Wonderful Life: Roots; The Onion Field), dies of cancer at 81
- Sep 15 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist ("Peace Piece"; "Waltz For Debbie"), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925-1980)
Sep 17 President of Nicaragua (1967-72 and 1974-79), assassinated in Paraguay at 54
- Sep 17 Katherine A Porter, American author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90
- Sep 18 Katherine Anne Porter, American writer (Ship of Fools), dies at 90
- Sep 20 Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
- Sep 21 Ernest White, Canadian organist, organ designer, and composer, dies at 79
- Sep 21 Willem Ravelli, Dutch baritone singer (St Matthew Passion), dies at 88
- Sep 23 Alan Strode Campbell Ross, British linguist (coined the terms U & non-U), dies at 73
- Sep 25 Earl Roy Curry, American religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer, dies at 90
John Bonham (1948-1980)
Sep 25 English rock drummer (Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love"), dies from asphyxiation after heavy alcohol intake at 32
- Sep 25 Lewis Milestone [Leib Milstein], Moldovan-American Academy Award-winning film director (d All Quiet on the Western Front; Of Mice and Men; Ocean's 11), dies at 84
- Sep 25 Marie Under, Estonian author and poet, dies at 97
- Sep 29 Bindo Maserati, Italian auto engineer and businessman (manager Maserati Racing; founder O.S.C.A. Racing), dies at 97
