Historical Events
Event of Interest
Sep 2 US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Sep 5 Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)
- Sep 8 The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
Event of Interest
Sep 11 "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements
Duke Ellington
- Sep 11 Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
- Sep 11 Elroy Face's 22 game winning streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
- Sep 11 Baltimore starter Jerry Walker pitches all 16 innings as the Orioles edge the Chicago White Sox, 1-0 at Memorial Stadium
- Sep 12 "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV
- Sep 12 Janos Kádár becomes premier of Hungary
- Sep 12 Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on the Moon
- Sep 13 USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
- Sep 13 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Neale Fraser wins first of 2 straight US singles titles; beats Alex Olmedo of Peru 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her first of 4 US singles crowns; beats England's Christine Truman 6-1, 6-4
Maria Bueno
Event of Interest
Sep 15 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit
Nikita Khrushchev
Event of Interest
Sep 16 French President Charles de Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
Charles de Gaulle
- Sep 17 59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
- Sep 17 Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit
- Sep 17 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea
- Sep 18 Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit
- Sep 19 Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
- Sep 21 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US
- Sep 22 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant
- Sep 23 Australia's first passenger roll on/roll off diesel ferry, the MS Princess of Tasmania makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait
- Sep 26 Milwaukee Braves Warren Spahn becomes winningest NL lefty
- Sep 26 SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0
- Sep 26 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing
- Sep 27 Braves & Dodgers finish in a tie (86-68)
- Sep 27 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
- Sep 28 "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV
Edward Albee
- Sep 28 Explorer VI reveals an intense radiation belt around Earth
- Sep 29 "Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis" debuts on CBS-TV
- Sep 29 "Philip Marlowe" debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 29 Dodgers win game 2 of playoff, 6-5, & take NL pennant
- Sep 29 Little Anthony & the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop"
- Sep 29 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Kenny Mayne, American sports journalist, broadcaster (ESPN), born in Kent, Washington
- Sep 2 Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
- Sep 2 Guy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil
- Sep 3 Merritt Butrick, American actor (Square Pegs), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 1989)
- Sep 4 Armin Kogler, Austrian skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup), born in Schwaz, Austria
- Sep 4 William Kennedy Smith, American physician and member of the Kennedy family (accused of rape in Florida, 1991), born in Brighton, Massachusetts
- Sep 4 Kevin Harrington, Australian actor, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Sep 5 Tom Pernice Jr., American golfer (2 PGA Tour, 6 Champions Tour titles), born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Sep 7 Jermaine Stewart, American R&B singer (We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1997)
- Sep 8 Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor, born in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR
- Sep 9 Éric Serra, French musician and composer, born in Saint-Mandé, France
- Sep 11 David Frost, South African golfer (10 PGA Tour titles; The Tradition 2013), born in Cape Town, RSA
- Sep 11 Robert Wrenn, American golfer, sportscaster, course designer (ESPN), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Sep 12 Cindy Rarick, American golfer (5 LPGA Tour titles), born in Glenwood, Minnesota
- Sep 13 Ralph Northam, American politician, Governor of Virginia (2018-), born in Nassawadox, Virginia
- Sep 14 Mary Crosby, American actress (Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 14 Morten Harket, Norwegian rocker (Aha-Take on Me), born in Kongsberg, Norway
Tim Raines
Sep 16 Tim Raines, American baseball player (Montreal Expos), born in Sanford, Florida
Tim Raines
- Sep 17 Hank Ilesic, Canadian CFL punter and place kicker (Edmonton, Toronto), born in Edmonton, Alberta
- Sep 18 Ryne Sandberg, American baseball infielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Spokane, Washington
- Sep 18 Ian Arkwright, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers), born in Shafton, Barnsley, England
- Sep 18 Mark Romanek, American filmmaker (One Hour Photo), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 20 Lesley Thompson, Canadian rower (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Sep 21 Corrinne Drewery, British singer-songwriter (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out), born in Nottingham, Engalnd
- Sep 21 David Coulier, American actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 22 Pope Michael, American anti-pope
- Sep 23 Jason Alexander [Greenspan], American actor (George Costanza-Seinfeld), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Sep 23 D-Roc the Executioner [Dennis Miles], American heavy metal musician (Body Count), born in the US (d. 2004)
- Sep 24 Steve Whitmire, American voice actor and puppeteer (Kermit the Frog 1990-2016), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Sep 24 Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-born British businessman (Dragon's Den, Millwall Football Club), born in Limassol, Cyprus
- Sep 25 Andy Waller, Zimbabwean cricket batsman and coach (2 Tests, 39 ODIs), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Sep 26 Rich Gedman, American baseball player, born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Sep 27 Beth Heiden, American 3000m speed skater (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Sep 28 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)
- Sep 28 Billy Montana, Country/Western performer (No Yesterday, Angelia)
- Sep 28 Todd Worrell, American baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in Arcadia, California
- Sep 28 Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
- Sep 28 Steve Hytner, American actor
- Sep 29 Leslie Graves, American actress (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2), born in Silver City, New Mexico (d. 1995)
- Sep 30 Basia [Barbara Stanisława Trzetrzelewska], Polish jazz and pop singer (Time and Tide), born in Jaworzno, Poland
- Sep 30 Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals)
- Sep 30 Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
Famous Weddings
Wedding of Interest
Sep 5 Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (20) weds Linda Joan Bork
Evel Knievel
Wedding of Interest
Sep 19 Academy award-winning actor Rod Steiger (34) weds stage and film actress Claire Bloom (28) in Los Angeles, California
Rod Steiger
- Sep 25 Cosmopolitan founder Helen Gurley Brown (37) weds theater producer David Brown (43)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 6 Edmund Gwenn, English actor (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 81
- Sep 6 Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukaemia at 32
- Sep 7 Maurice Duplessis, 16th Premier of Quebec, dies at 69
- Sep 9 Max d'Ollone, French composer and writer (Le Ménestrel), dies at 84
- Sep 9 O'Neil Gordon "Collie" Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), dies in a car crash at 26
- Sep 11 Paul Douglas, American actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night), dies from a heart attack at 52
- Sep 13 Gilbert Adrian, costume designer, dies of heart attack at 56
- Sep 14 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), dies from a heart attack at 45
- Sep 17 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), dies at 39
- Sep 20 Olin Howland, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Them!, Circus Boy), dies at 73
- Sep 22 Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60
- Sep 22 Jane Winton, actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
- Sep 22 Josef Matthias Hauer, composer, dies at 76
- Sep 22 Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, British fieldmarshal, dies at 79
- Sep 25 Ennio Porrino, Italian composer, dies at 49
- Sep 25 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies
- Sep 26 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956-59), assassinated by a Buddhist monk at 60
- Sep 28 Gerard Hoffnung, German-born British artist/humorist/musician, dies at 34
- Sep 28 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
- Sep 28 Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C'ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
- Sep 29 Bruce Bairnsfather, cartoonist, dies
- Sep 29 Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49
- Sep 30 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89
- Sep 30 Taylor Holmes, American actor (Sleeping Beauty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 81
- Sep 30 Ross Granville Harrison, American Biologist and Zoologist (organ transplant pioneer), dies at 89
