What Happened in September 2010

Historical Events

  • Sep 1 67th Venice Film Festival: "Somewhere" directed by Sofia Coppola wins Golden Lion
  • Sep 4 Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

The King's Speech

Sep 6 "The King's Speech" directed by Tom Hooper starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2011)

  • Sep 8 Egypt's Minister of Finance, Dr. Youssef Butros Ghali, states that Egypt is emerging from the recession as indicated by increased total revenue from sales taxes and customs revenues

Event of Interest

Sep 9 A court in the Philippines orders Imelda Marcos to repay the government almost $280,000 for funds taken from the National Food Authority by Ferdinand Marcos in 1983

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Belgian defending champion Kim Clijsters beats Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-2, 6-1 for her third US singles crown

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 13 US Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal wins his first US crown; beats Novak Đoković 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; first Spanish man to win US title since Manuel Orantes 1975

Who Is Harry Nilsson

Sep 17 Documentary film "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)?" released theatrically

  • Sep 17 The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.
  • Sep 19 35th Toronto International Film Festival: "The King's Speech" directed by Tom Hooper wins the People's Choice Award
  • Sep 20 The National Bureau of Economic Research state today that the US left the recession in June 2009, with managing director Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute saying GDP recovered to 70% of the pre-recession level

The Social Network

Sep 24 "The Social Network" directed by David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake premieres at the New York Film Festival

Downton Abbey

Sep 26 TV Period drama "Downton Abbey" premieres in the UK created by Julian Fellowes, starring Hugh Bonnevillle and an ensemble cast

Film & TV History

Sep 29 Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller become engaged


2010 History

Famous Weddings

Jenni Rivera

Sep 8 Grammy nominated singer Jenni Rivera (41) weds MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza (38) at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California

Eddie Vedder

Sep 18 Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder (45) weds model Jill McCormick (32) in Hawaii

  • Sep 25 American "Bones" actress Emily Deschanel (33) weds American "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" writer-actor David Hornsby (34) in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California
  • Sep 25 American actress and Charlie Sheen's daughter Cassandra Estévez (25) weds American high school sweetheart Casey Huffman (27) at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California

Elon Musk

Sep 25 South African-Canadian PayPal founder Elon Musk (39) weds second wife, British actress Talulah Riley (24) at Dornoch Cathedral in Domoch, Scotland


Famous Divorces

  • Sep 3 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage

Larry Ellison

Sep 28 American Oracle CEO Larry Ellison (66) divorces fourth wife American romance novelist Melanie Craft after six years of marriage

  • Sep 30 "CSI: Miami" actor Eddie Cibrian (36) divorces actress Brandi Glanville (37) due to irreconcilable differences after eight years of marriage

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 1 Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
  • Sep 3 Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, dies at 82
  • Sep 3 John Jeffreys, Welsh-English classical composer, and pianist, dies at 82
  • Sep 3 Mike Edwards, aka Swami Deva Pramada, British rock cellist (ELO), killed by a rolling hay bale at 62
  • Sep 3 Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian, dies after a car accident at 60
  • Sep 4 Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
  • Sep 5 Shoya Tomizawa Japanese MotoGP Racer, dies as the result of a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at 19
  • Sep 6 Richard Bilderback Hervig, American composer, dies at 92
  • Sep 7 Amar Garibović, Serbian Cross Country Skier (b. 1991)
  • Sep 7 Barbara Holland, American author (The Joy of Drinking, Secrets of the Cat: Its Lore, Legend and Lives), dies of lung cancer at 77 [1]
  • Sep 7 Glenn Shadix, American actor (Beetlejuice), dies in a fall at 58
  • Sep 7 John Kluge, American television mogul (Metromedia) and at one time the richest person in the United States, dies at 95
  • Sep 8 Rich Cronin, American singer-songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones), dies of cancer aged 36
  • Sep 10 Edwin Charles Tubb, British sci-fi writer (Earth is Heaven, Earthfall), dies at 90
  • Sep 11 Harold Gould, American character actor (The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda, Big Bus), dies at 86
  • Sep 11 Kevin McCarthy, American actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Death of a Salesman), dies of pneumonia at 96
  • Sep 12 Claude Chabrol, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • Sep 12 Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
  • Sep 15 Arrow [Alphonsus Cassell], Montserratian soca singer-songwriter ("Hot, Hot, Hot"), dies of cerebral cancer at 60
  • Sep 15 Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), dies at 93
  • Sep 18 Bobby Smith, English soccer centre forward (15 caps; Tottenham Hotspur 271 games, 176 goals), dies at 77
  • Sep 20 Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
  • Sep 20 Leonard Skinner, American high school gym teacher; namesake of rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, dies at 77
  • Sep 21 Geoffrey Burgon, British jazz trumpeter, and film, television and concert composer (City Adventures), dies at 69
  • Sep 22 Eddie Fisher, American pop singer ("Oh My Papa": I'm Walking Behind You"), dies from complications from hip surgery at 82
  • Sep 23 Bob Shaw, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 77
  • Sep 23 Malcolm Douglas, Australian conservationist (b. 1941)
  • Sep 23 Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969)
  • Sep 24 Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
  • Sep 25 Art Gilmore, American radio and television announcer (Highway Patrol), and actor, dies at 98

Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)

Sep 26 American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, dies from respiratory failure at 100

  • Sep 27 Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (b. 1955)

George Blanda (1927-2010)

Sep 27 American Pro Football HOF quarterback/placekicker (AFL C'ship 1960, 61 [MVP], 67; First-team All-AFL 1961; 4 × AFL All-Star; Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders), dies at 83

  • Sep 28 Arthur Penn, American film director (Miracle Worker; Bonnie & Clyde), dies at 88
  • Sep 28 Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
  • Sep 29 Georges Charpak, Polish-French physicist who invented and developed subatomic particle detectors (Nobel 1992), dies at 86
  • Sep 29 Greg Giraldo, American comedian (Comedy Central Roast), dies of an overdose at 44

Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Sep 29 American actor (The Defiant Ones; Some Like It Hot; Spartacus), dies at 85

  • Sep 30 Patrick Holmes Sellors, British ophthalmologist, dies at 76
  • Sep 30 Stephen J. Cannell, American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street) and writer, dies of melanoma at 69