Historical Events
Agreement of Interest
Sep 1 Infinity Broadcasting, syndicator of the Howard Stern Show, agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to US Treasury - without admitting guilt to settle fines levied by the FCC
- Sep 1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, Ohio
- Sep 1 State of New York reinstates the death penalty
Bruno vs. McCall
Sep 2 British boxer Frank Bruno beats American champion Oliver McCall in a unanimous 12 round points decision in London for the WBC heavyweight title
- Sep 2 Southern California begins using new area code 562
- Sep 3 Carolina Panthers lose their debut NFL game in overtime 23-20 to the Atlanta Falcons in front of 58,808 fans at the Georgia Dome
- Sep 3 eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar
- Sep 3 In their NFL debut game the Jacksonville Jaguars fall to the Houston Oilers 10-3; 72,363 fans attend the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
- Sep 3 Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
- Sep 4 Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers
Xena: Warrior Princess
Sep 4 Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US
Telethon
Sep 4 Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000
- Sep 4 The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
Baseball Record
Sep 5 Cal Ripken Jr ties Gehrig's record of playing in 2,130 straight games
- Sep 6 Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
Event of Interest
Sep 6 Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood
Video Music Awards
Sep 7 12th MTV Video Music Awards: TLC, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, & Madonna win
- Sep 7 Sen Bob Packwoord (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion
- Sep 7 STS 69 (Endeavour 9), launches into orbit
- Sep 8 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
- Sep 9 "Broadway Limited" last train ride (began in 1902)
- Sep 9 Dean St Station in Brooklyn, is 6th MTA station to close since 1904
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf wins her 4th US title; beats Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-3
- Sep 10 35th Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
- Sep 10 47th Emmy Awards: NYPD Blue, ER, Frasier and Candice Bergen win
- Sep 10 Cleveland's major league sports franchises, NFL Browns & MLB Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, both win; Browns 22-6 v Tampa, Indians 5-3 v Orioles
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras wins his 3rd US title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Photography
Sep 12 INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer
Se7en
Sep 15 "Se7en" directed by David Fincher and starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey premieres in New York
Sports History
Sep 15 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays
- Sep 16 20th Toronto International Film Festival: "Antonia's Line" directed by Marleen Gorris wins the People's Choice Award
Baseball Record
Sep 16 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victories
- Sep 16 Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996
- Sep 17 Terrence McNally's dramatic play "Love! Valor! Compassion!" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, NYC, after 276 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
Meeting of Interest
Sep 18 Art Modell 1st meets (he claims) with Baltimore to move Browns there from Cleveland
- Sep 18 Space shuttle STS-69 (Endeavour 9), lands
- Sep 19 Colorado Rockies Andres Galarraga becomes 4th team member to hit 30 HRs in the sesaon
- Sep 19 MLB San Diego Padres Ken Caminiti switch hits HRs in 3rd of 4 games
- Sep 19 The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto
- Sep 20 Cincinnati Reds becomes 1st team to clinch NL Central
- Sep 21 The Hindu milk miracle occurs: statues of the Hindu God Ganesh begin drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their mouths
- Sep 22 E-3B AWACS crash outside of Elmendorf AFB, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board killed
Music History
Sep 24 Latin musicians Emillio & Gloria Estefan's boat is hit by a jet skier who dies from his injuries off of South Beach, Miami, Florida
- Sep 24 Ryder Cup Golf, Oak Hill CC: Europe wins 14½-13½; unheralded Irish rookie Philip Walton secures victory for Europe beating Jay Haas 1 up
Pride and Prejudice
Sep 24 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth debuts on BBC One
- Sep 24 Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, NZ) erupts
Outside
Sep 25 Virgin Records releases David Bowie's 20th studio album "Outside"
George
Sep 26 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F. Kennedy Jr
- Sep 26 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
- Sep 26 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
- Sep 28 American singer Bobby Brown escapes injury in gun battle in Roxbury, Massachusetts; his friend Steven Sealy is killed
Sports History
Sep 28 Dennis Martínez' fastball breaks Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett's jaw, in what becomes his final career plate appearance, in Cleveland Indians 12-4 win
- Sep 28 Frenchman Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of Comoros (off of southeast Africa) in a coup
Event of Interest
Sep 28 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Oslo 2 Accord to transfer West Bank to the PLO (Taba, Egypt)
Film & TV History
Sep 28 Mary Tyler Moore returns to series TV in "New York News" on CBS; cancelled after 8 episodes
- Sep 28 Superhero film "Batman Forever" released in Czech Republic
- Sep 28 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
- Sep 29 Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games)
- Sep 29 Saleem Elahi scores century on ODI debut, Pakistan v Sri Lanka
O.J. Simpson Trial
Sep 29 Trial for former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson sent to the jury
- Sep 29 US space probe Ulyssus completes 2nd passage behind Sun
- Sep 30 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey center (2013 NHL Draft: #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche; Stanley Cup 2022; 5 x NHL All Star; World C'ship gold 2015), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Sep 6 Mark Andrews, American NFL player (Baltimore Ravens), born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sep 10 Jack Grealish, English footballer (Manchester City), born in Birmingham, England
- Sep 10 Matt Rife, American comedian (Netflix special Matthew Steven Rife), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Sep 16 Aaron Gordon, American NBA player (Denver Nuggets), born in San Jose, California
Patrick Mahomes (28 years old)
Sep 17 American football quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 2020, 22; KC Chiefs), born in Tyler, Texas
- Sep 19 Brent Faiyaz, American R&B singer (Wasting Time), born in Columbia, Maryland
- Sep 20 Sammi Hanratty, American actress
- Sep 22 Juliette Goglia, American actress (That's So raven), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 22 Nayeon [Im Na-yeon], South Korean singer (Pop!), born in Seoul, South Korea
- Sep 23 Aimi Kobayashi, Japanese concert pianist, born in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Sep 29 Sasha Lane, American actress (Loki), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Weddings
Charlie Sheen
Sep 2 Actor Charlie Sheen (30) weds model Donna Peele (25) in Malibu, California
Nancy Kerrigan
Sep 9 American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan (25) weds her agent Jerry Solomon (41) at the Church of the Covenant, Boston
- Sep 9 American pop singer Chynna Phillips (27) weds American actor William Baldwin (32)
Stephen Hawking
Sep 16 British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (53) weds second wife American nurse Elaine Mason; divorce in 2007
- Sep 30 "Judging Amy" actress Amy Brenneman (31) weds TV and film director Brad Silberling (32)
Famous Divorces
Wayne Brady
Sep 21 Actor and host Wayne Brady (23) divorces Diana Lasso after almost 2 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun; Call Me Mister), dies of lung cancer at 84
- Sep 1 Elizabeth Brown, minister healer and writer, dies at 32
- Sep 1 Ernest Marke, Sierra Leonean seaman and club owner, dies at 93
- Sep 2 Vaclav Neummann, Czech conductor, dies at 74
- Sep 3 Alec Brown, English snooker player (Daily Mail Gold Cup 1939, 40; News of the World 1951), dies at 87
- Sep 3 Donald Cuthbert Coleman, British economic historian, dies at 75
- Sep 3 Earle Birney, Canadian poet and novelist who twice won the Governor General's Award, dies at 91
- Sep 3 Mary Adshead, English muralist and painter, dies at 91
- Sep 3 Roye England, creator and founder President of the Pendon Museum of Miniature Landscape and Transport, dies at 88
- Sep 4 Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45
- Sep 4 Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
- Sep 4 William Kunstler, American defense attorney (defended the Chicago 7), dies at 78
- Sep 5 Francis Showering, English brewer, dies at 83
- Sep 5 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, American pianist, dies at 95
- Sep 5 John Britten, New Zealand motorcycle designer, dies at 45
- Sep 5 John Megna, American actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies of AIDS-related complications at 42
- Sep 6 Buster Mathis, American boxer (World Super Heavyweight title 1972), dies from heart failure at 52
- Sep 6 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, dies at 83
- Sep 7 Gordon DeMarco, American writer and activist, dies at 51
- Sep 8 Eileen Chang, Chinese-American writer and feminist, dies at 73
- Sep 8 Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (Harp and Dagger), dies at 87
- Sep 8 Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83
- Sep 8 Safa Khulusi, Iraqi writer and historian, dies at 78
- Sep 9 Ida Carroll, English double bassist, educator, administrator (Northern School of Music, 1956-72), and composer, dies at 89
- Sep 9 Jamie Whitten, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi), dies at 85
- Sep 10 Charles Denner, French actor (The Bride Wore Black, The Man Who Loved Women), dies at 69
- Sep 10 Derek Meddings, British TV and film special effects technician (Supermarionation, James Bond), dies at 64
- Sep 10 Molly Hide, English cricketer who captained England for 17 years, dies at 81
- Sep 11 Anita Harding, British neurologist (first identification of a mitochondrial DNA mutation in human disease), dies of cancer at 42
- Sep 11 Jerome Theisen, American Abbot Primate of the Benedictine order of monks, dies of a heart attack at 64
- Sep 11 Keith Odor, British racing driver, dies during a touring car race at 33
- Sep 12 Geoffrey Stokes, American rock & roll writer, dies at 55
- Sep 12 Jeremy Brett [Peter Huggins], British actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; My Fair Lady), dies of heart failure at 61
- Sep 12 John Stuart-Jervis, British-American balloonist, dies after his balloon is mistakenly shot down over Belarus at 68
- Sep 12 Larry Gales, American jazz double-bassist, dies of leukemia at 59
- Sep 13 Francesco Messina, Italian sculptor, dies at 94
- Sep 13 Harold Sheperdson, British soccer trainer, dies at 76
- Sep 13 Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), dies at 83
- Sep 14 Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (Hiroshima mon amour, The Ugly American), dies of heart failure at 75
- Sep 14 Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912)
- Sep 15 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 73
- Sep 15 Marguerite Fawdry, English museum curator (started Pollocks Toy Museum), dies at 83
- Sep 15 Michio Watanabe, politician, dies at 72
- Sep 15 Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63
- Sep 16 Michael Balfour, historian, dies at 86
- Sep 16 Pierre Olaf [Trivier], French actor (Camelot, Don't Drink the Water, Kraft Music Hall), dies at 67
- Sep 17 Grady Sutton, American actor (The Bank Dick; The Pruitts of Southhampton), dies at 89
- Sep 17 Lucien Victor, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 64
- Sep 17 Rabbi Yehuda Getz, Tunisian-Israeli soldier and religious leader, dies of a heart attack at 71 [exact birth date uncertain]
- Sep 18 Donald Davie, English Movement poet and literary critic, dies at 73 [1]
- Sep 18 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London), dies at 64
- Sep 18 Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
- Sep 19 Mr. Bo [Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, dies at 63
Orville Redenbacher (1907-1995)
Sep 19 American popcorn magnate (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popcorn), suffers heart attack drowns in his whirlpool bathtub at 88
- Sep 19 Rudolf Peierls, German-British physicist (atomic bomb), dies at 88
- Sep 19 Walter Gross, Israeli journalist (Haaretz), dies at 83
- Sep 19 Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 55
- Sep 20 Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, dies at 87
- Sep 20 Walter Haas Jr., American businessman and sports team owner (Levi Strauss & Co, Oakland A's), dies of prostate cancer at 79
- Sep 21 Irven Spence, American animator, dies at 86
- Sep 21 John Lapsley, British air marshal, dies at 78
- Sep 21 Peter Shankland, English filmmaker and historian, dies at 94
- Sep 21 Rudy Perpich, American politician, 34th & 36th Governor of Minnesota, dies at 67
- Sep 21 Vernell Townsend, American blues and gospel singer, dies at 64
- Sep 21 William Murray, British teacher and educationalist, dies at 83
- Sep 22 (Dorothy) "Dolly" Collins, British folk songwriter, arranger, piano player, and composer, dies at 62
- Sep 22 Albert Goodwin, English historian, dies at 89
- Sep 22 Arthur Benfield, English celebrated head of Cheshire CID (lead investigation into 'Moors Murders'), dies at 82
- Sep 23 Lawrence "Booker T." Laury, American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer, dies at 81
- Sep 24 Lauri Saikkola, Finnish violinist (Viipuri Symphony, 1923–34; Helsinki Philharmonic, 1934–65), and composer (Laulusarja; Unen kaivo), dies at 89
- Sep 25 Bessie [Annie Elizabeth] Delany, American dentist and civil rights pioneer, dies at 104
- Sep 25 Dave Bowen, Welsh soccer wing-half (19 caps; Arsenal) and manager (Wales 1964-74; Northampton Town), dies at 67
- Sep 25 Dorothy Dickson, American actress and dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy), dies at 102
- Sep 27 Alexander "Sasha" Argov [Abramovich], Israeli composer, dies at 80
- Sep 27 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
- Sep 27 Christopher Shaw, British composer, dies at 71
- Sep 28 Allen Johnson, American doo-wop baritone vocalist (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies of cancer at 55
- Sep 28 Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet; The Silent Service; Medic), dies at 78
- Sep 28 Lynette Roberts, British poet, dies at 86
- Sep 28 Olive Gibbs, British politician, anti-nuclear activist and peace campaigner, dies at 77
- Sep 29 Francis Johnson, British architect (country homes, churches, historic restorations), dies at 84
- Sep 29 George Chesterman Phillips, British naval officer and WWII submarine commander, dies at 90
- Sep 29 Gerd Bucerius, German lawyer, newspaper publisher (Die Zeit, 1946-95), and politician, dies at 89
- Sep 29 Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist who opposed prayer in school, murdered at 76 along with her son Jon by David Waters
- Sep 29 Seger Ellis, American jazz pianist, pop vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader, dies at 91 [1]
- Sep 29 Susan Fleetwood, British actress (Krays, Clash of Titans), dies of cancer at 51
- Sep 30 Frederick Archibald Warner, British diplomat, dies at 77
- Sep 30 George Kirby, American comedian (ABC Comedy Hour, Pearl Bailey Show), dies at 71
