Historical Events
- Sep 2 Labor Day hurricane makes landfall in Florida, killing 423 people, the strongest and most intense hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States
- Sep 3 First automobile to exceed 300mph, Malcolm Campbell powers Bluebird to 301.129mph at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
- Sep 3 Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
Film Release
Sep 6 "Steamboat Round the Bend" film directed by John Ford and starring Will Rogers released weeks after Rogers' death
Historic Event
Sep 12 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph
- Sep 12 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Wilmer Allison beats Sidney Wood 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 for his lone major singles title
- Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6-2, 6-4 for her 4th consecutive US singles title
- Sep 13 Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the Great Gorge and International Railway
- Sep 15 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
Theater Premiere
Sep 25 Maxwell Anderson's play "Winterset" premieres in NYC
Music Premiere
Sep 30 George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston
Historic Event
Sep 30 The Boulder Dam (later the Hoover Dam), astride the border of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1973-2002), born in Mukden, Manchuria
- Sep 2 Jim Moody, (Rep-D-WI, 1983- )
- Sep 3 Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), born in Amsterdam (d. 2012)
- Sep 3 Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2019)
- Sep 4 Ora Bat Chaim, Israeli cellist and composer born in Ramat Gan, Israel
- Sep 5 Helen Gifford, Australian composer, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Sep 5 Mikhail Ivanovich Lisun, Russian cosmonaut, born in Gruzkoye, Ukraine (d. 2012)
- Sep 5 Werner Erhard, American author and lecturer (founded EST), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 5 Johnny Briggs, English actor (Mike Baldwin on Coronation Street), born in London, England (d. 2021)
- Sep 6 Bob Bouber [Boris Blom], Dutch singer (ZZ & Masks) and actor, born in Amsterdam
- Sep 6 Jock Wallace, Scottish football player and manager, born in Wallyford, Scotland (d. 1996)
- Sep 7 Abdou Diouf, 2nd President of Senegal (1981-2000), born in Louga, French West Africa
- Sep 8 James Clay, American jazz tenor saxophonist, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1995)
- Sep 9 [Chaim] Topol, actor (Fiddler on the Roof), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Sep 9 Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author
- Sep 10 John Palmer, American news anchor (NBC Weekend News), born in Kingsport, Tennessee
- Sep 10 Paul van Vliet, Dutch cabaret performer, born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Sep 10 Mary Oliver, American poet (1984 Pulitzer Prize), born in Maple Heights, Ohio (d. 2019)
- Sep 11 Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer, born in Paide, Järva County
- Sep 11 Gherman Stepanovich Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok II), born in Kosikhinsky District, Russia (d. 2000)
- Sep 12 Allan B. Swift, American politician (Rep-D-Washington, 1979-95), born in Tacoma, Washington
- Sep 12 Richard H Hunt, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 12 Richard Hunt, American sculptor (1st African American to have major retrospective at MOMA), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 14 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist, born in Luanping, Rehe, Manchuria (d. 2008)
- Sep 14 Pompeiu Hărăşteanu, Romanian basso profondo singer (Opera Bonn, 1968-72; Romanian National Opera, 1972-2012), born in Gheorgheni, Romania (d. 2016)
- Sep 15 Jacques d'Ancona, Dutch journalist/TV host (Sound-Mix Show), born in Groningen, Netherlands
- Sep 16 Carl Andre, American sculptor (minimal/conceptual art), born in Quincy, Massachusetts
- Sep 16 Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist, born in Minneapolis (d. 2016)
- Sep 17 Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), born in La Junta Colorado (d. 2001)
- Sep 17 Timothy Bavin, British Anglican bishop (Bishop of Portsmouth 1985-95)
- Sep 19 Nick Massi [Macioci], American bass vocalist, vocal arranger, and bassist (The Four Seasons, 1960-65 - "Sherry"; "Rag Doll"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2000)
- Sep 19 Bob Krueger, American Democrat politician and diplomat (U.S. ambassador to Botswana & Burundi), born in New Braunfels, Texas
- Sep 19 Thomas W. Ewing, American Republican politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois), born in Atlanta, Illinois
- Sep 19 Benjamin T. Hacker, American naval aviator (first Naval Flight Officer (NFO) to achieve Flag rank), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2003)
- Sep 20 Keith Roberts, English writer (Irish Encounter, Ladies from Hell), born in Kettering, Northamptonshire (d. 2000)
- Sep 20 Lubos Fiser, Czech composer, born in Prague (d. 1999)
- Sep 20 David Pegg, English soccer outside left (1 cap; Manchester United 127 games), born in Highfields, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1958)
- Sep 21 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), born in Germantown, Philadelphia (d. 2009)
- Sep 21 James "Jimmy" Armfield, British former-footballer, manager and pundit (BBC Radio Five Live), born in Denton, Lancashire, England (d. 2018)
- Sep 22 Harriet King, American Olympic fencer, born in New York City
- Sep 23 Pierre Marietan, composer
- Sep 24 Barbara Brilliant, Canadian TV host and journalist, born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 24 Lawrence Urquhart, Scottish businessman and CEO (Burmah Castrol)
- Sep 24 Sean McCann, Canadian actor (...First Do No Harm), born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Sep 24 Paul Eells, American sportscaster ("Voice of the Razorbacks"), born in Iowa City, Iowa (d. 2006)
- Sep 25 Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), born in Kankakee, Illinois (d. 2020)
- Sep 25 Maj Sjowall, Swedish writer (Martin Beck crime novels), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2020)
- Sep 26 Bob Barber, English cricketer (dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68), born in Withington, Manchester
- Sep 26 Joe Sherlock, Irish Labour Party politician, born in Kildorrery, Republic of Ireland (d. 2007)
- Sep 27 Jerome Shipp, American basketball (Olympic gold 1964)
- Sep 27 Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, American professional baseball player at 1st female pitcher to play in the Negro Leagues, born in Ridgeway, South Carolina (d. 2017)
- Sep 27 John Stanford, American college baseball coach/administrator (Middle Tennessee), born in Opelousas, Louisiana (d. 2013)
- Sep 27 Al MacNeil, Canadian NHL defenceman, coach (Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup 1970-71), born in Sydney, Nova Scotia
- Sep 28 Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer (14 PGA Tour wins), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Sep 28 Heather Sears, actress (Room at the Top), born in London, England
- Sep 29 David Hannay, British diplomat (Representative to the UNand the EU),born in London, England
Jerry Lee Lewis
Sep 29 Jerry Lee Lewis, American rock and roll piano player and singer ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"; "Great Balls Of Fire"), born in Ferriday, Louisiana
Famous Weddings
Stan Laurel
Sep 28 Comedian Stan Laurel (45) marries 2nd wife actress Virginia Ruth Rogers
Famous Deaths
- Sep 3 Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
- Sep 8 Carl Weiss, American physician who murdered US Senator Huey Long, shot and killed by the senator's bodyguards at 28
- Sep 8 Huey Long, American politician (40th Governor of Louisiana), assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building at 42
Edward L. Doheny
Sep 8 Edward L. Doheny, American oil tycoon, dies of natural causes at 79
- Sep 19 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78
- Sep 19 Jules Cambon, French ambassador, to U.S. (1897), Spain (1902–07) and Germany (1907–14), dies at 90
- Sep 21 Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), dies at 65
- Sep 22 Karl Schröder II, German composer, dies at 86
- Sep 26 Andy Adams, American writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
- Sep 27 Alan Gray, British composer, dies at 79
- Sep 28 William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), dies at 75
