Historical Events
- Sep 1 SF Giants reliever Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in US MLB; on debut, the Osuki native throws a scoreless inning in a 4-1 loss v New York Mets
- Sep 2 Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia
Event of Interest
Sep 3 US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy resigns
Robert F. Kennedy
Event of Interest
Sep 3 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Sep 3 2nd incident that year of race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay, 13 people killed, 106 injured
- Sep 4 Eduardo Frei Montalva elected President of Chile
- Sep 4 Scottish Forth Road Bridge opens (then the longest in Europe)
- Sep 4 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
- Sep 9 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
- Sep 9 John Osborne's "Inadmissable Evidence" premieres in London
- Sep 10 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
Music Recording
Sep 10 Rod Stewart records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
Rod Stewart
Event of Interest
Sep 11 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company
George Harrison
- Sep 11 Gillette's 20 year contract with Madison Square Garden & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium
- Sep 12 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
- Sep 12 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4½"
- Sep 12 Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
Film Premier
Sep 12 Film that started Spaghetti Western genre "A Fistful of Dollars" premieres, directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role
Clint Eastwood
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 13 US National Championship Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Emerson's 3rd Grand Slam title of the year
Roy Emerson
Tennis Open
Sep 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis: Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her 3rd US singles title; dominates American Carole Caldwell Graebner 6-1, 6-0
Maria Bueno
- Sep 14 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House
Walt Disney
Event of Interest
Sep 14 President Lyndon Johnson presents Walter Lippmann with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Walter Lippmann
Event of Interest
Sep 17 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR
Mickey Mantle
Film Premier
Sep 18 "The Addams Family", starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC
Ted Cassidy
Jackie Coogan
Theater Premiere
Sep 20 Günter Grass' play "Die Plebejern proben den Aufstand," premieres in Berlin
Günter Grass
- Sep 20 Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve & Eydie
- Sep 21 Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup
- Sep 21 Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant
- Sep 21 Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
- Sep 21 The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California
- Sep 22 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances
- Sep 22 "Man from U.N.C.L.E." premieres on NBC-TV: open channel D
- Sep 23 "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in NYC
- Sep 24 "The Munsters" premieres on TV
- Sep 24 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested
Event of Interest
Sep 24 Ringo Starr forms Brikley Building Company Ltd
Ringo Starr
Television Debut
Sep 26 "Gilligan's Island", starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS
Bob Denver
Assassination
Sep 27 Findings of the Warren Commission into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Famous Birthdays
Keanu Reeves
Sep 2 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Matrix), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Keanu Reeves
- Sep 3 Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Sep 3 Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
- Sep 3 Spike Feresten, American television writer
- Sep 3 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
- Sep 3 Holt McCallany, American actor
- Sep 4 Tomas Sandstrom, NHL forward (Anaheim, Team Sweden 1998)
- Sep 4 René Pape, German bass
- Sep 4 Anthony Weiner, American politician (Rep-NY 1999-2011) and sex offender, born in NYC, New York
- Sep 5 Frank Farina, Australian footballer, born in Darwin, Australia
- Sep 6 Rosie Perez, American actress (Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 8 Steffan Peters, equestrian dressage (Olympic bronze 1996)
- Sep 8 Michael Johns, American business executive
- Sep 8 Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
- Sep 8 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)
- Sep 9 Willie Broughton, NFL defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints)
- Sep 10 Karl Wilson, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
- Sep 10 Peter Vogler, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics 1996)
- Sep 10 Tim Harris, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
- Sep 10 John E. Sununu, American politician
- Sep 11 Ellis Burks, American baseball outfielder (Colorado Rockies), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Sep 11 Eric Thomas, American NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos), born in Tucson, Arizona
- Sep 11 Victor Wooten, American bass guitarist, born in Mountain Home, Idaho
- Sep 12 Dieter Hecking, German football player and manager, born in Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
- Sep 13 Peter Remie, Dutch soccer player (NAC), born in Breda, Netherlands
- Sep 13 Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian dam engineer (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), born in Maksegnit, Ethiopia (d. 2018)
- Sep 14 Faith Ford, American actress (Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown), born in Alexandria, Louisiana
- Sep 14 Kurt Gouveia, American NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sep 15 Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado sailor (Olympic bronze 1992, 96)
- Sep 15 Ryoko Kikuchi, Zama City, Kanagawa, Japanese cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11) and reporter
- Sep 15 Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister
- Sep 15 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein [Paul Caiafa], American musician, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits, born in Lodi, New Jersey
- Sep 16 David Michael Sabo, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love), born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
- Sep 16 Molly Shannon, American actress
- Sep 16 Mary Coustas, Austalian entertainer
- Sep 16 Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
- Sep 17 Christian Conrad, actor (Charley Hannah, High Mountain Rangers)
- Sep 17 Karen Straker, horse show jumper
- Sep 18 Holly Robinson, actress (21 Jump Street), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 18 Marco Masini, Italian entertainer
- Sep 19 Kim Richards, American actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15), born in Long Island, New York
- Sep 19 Trisha Yearwood, American country singer (Sweetest Gift), born in Monticello, Georgia
- Sep 19 Patrick Marber, British playwright (Closer) and comedian, born in London, England
- Sep 19 Bob Papa, American sportscaster (NBC Sports), born in Dumont, New Jersey
- Sep 20 Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress (1st Asian actress to win at Cannes for "Clean"), born in Hong Kong
- Sep 21 Danny Hoekman, soccer player (NEC)
- Sep 21 Danny Villa, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
- Sep 21 Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
- Sep 22 Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
- Sep 23 Diane Dixon, American 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1988), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 23 Leon Meijs, soccer player (Willem II)
- Sep 23 Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer
- Sep 23 Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
- Sep 24 Gene Watkins, American actor (James Walsh-As the World Turns), born in Waco, Texas
- Sep 24 Rafael Palmeiro, 1st baseman (Baltimore Orioles), born in Havana, Cuba
- Sep 25 Bryan Tooley, Eugene Ore, kayak (alt-Olympics 1996)
- Sep 25 Anita Barone, American actress
- Sep 25 Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman and sports executive
- Sep 25 Gary Ayles, British racing driver
- Sep 25 Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
- Sep 26 Bobby Joe Edmonds, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs)
- Sep 26 Dave Martinez, outfielder (Chicago White Sox), born in Manhattan, NYC
- Sep 26 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90
- Sep 26 Ty Miller, Granada Hills California, actor (The Kid-Young Riders)
- Sep 26 Nicki French, English singer
- Sep 27 Stephan Jenkins, American singer (Third Eye Blind)
Janeane Garofalo
Sep 28 Janeane Garofalo, American comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs), born in Newton, New Jersey
Janeane Garofalo
- Sep 28 Susan Walters, Georgia, actress (Lorna-Loving, Mary Beth-Dear John)
- Sep 28 Paul Jewell, English football manager
- Sep 29 Brad Lohaus, NBA forward/center (NY Knicks)
- Sep 29 John Tucker, Windsor, NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
- Sep 30 Michael McKay, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
- Sep 30 Stephen N Frick, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sep 30 Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
- Sep 30 Monica Bellucci, Citta di Castello Italy, actress (Dracula)
Famous Weddings
- Sep 18 Greek king Constantine II marries Danish princess Anne-Marie
Wedding of Interest
Sep 19 Author Peter Benchley (24) weds Winifred B. Wesson
Peter Benchley
- Sep 24 Actress Jayne Mansfield (31) weds film producer and director Matt Cimber in Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, dies at 76
- Sep 2 Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 12th President of Portugal (1951-58), dies at 70
- Sep 2 Morris Ankrum, American actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67
- Sep 2 Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, dies at 64
- Sep 2 Alvin York, American World War I soldier who led a famed attack on a German machine gun nest (Medal of Honor), dies at 76
- Sep 3 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
- Sep 3 Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
- Sep 4 W Bergengruen, writer, dies at 71
- Sep 9 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer, dies at 82
- Sep 14 Mary Howe, American composer and pianist (Sand), dies at 82
- Sep 15 Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9), dies at 88
- Sep 16 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76
- Sep 18 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84
- Sep 18 Clive Bell, English art critic, dies at 83
- Sep 18 J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and newspaper columnist, dies at 75
- Sep 21 Jim Koethe, Dallas Times Herald reporter, killed by karate chop
- Sep 26 Calvin Thomas, actor (Judge Hunter-One Man's Family), dies at 79
- Sep 26 Ida Moore, actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82
- Sep 28 George Dyson, English musician and composer, dies at 81
- Sep 28 Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin' In The Rain), dies at 68
- Sep 28 Harpo Marx [Adolph], American actor and comedian (Marx brothers), dies at 75
- Sep 28 Mikhail Svetlov, Russian poet and writer, dies at 61
- Sep 29 Robert Burton, American actor (The Big Heat, Compulsion, A Man Called Peter), dies from cancer at 69