Historical Events
Sports History
Sep 3 Following his disqualification in the 100m, Jamaica's Usain Bolt runs a season best 19.40 to win the 200m at the World Athletics Championships in South Korea
- Sep 7 Plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team
- Sep 8 Fashion designer John Galliano is found guilty of anti-semitic remarks in a Paris court and fined €6,000
- Sep 9 58th National Film Awards (India): "Adaminte Makan Abu" wins the Golden Lotus
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis: Samantha Stosur becomes first Australian to win a Grand Slam title since 1980; upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his first US title; beats Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-1
Election of Interest
Sep 14 Elizabeth Warren announces she intends to run for the Democratic nomination for the 2012 Massachusetts Senatorial election
- Sep 15 St. Thomas Assembly automobile plant in Southwold, Ontario, closes permanently after 44 years resulting in the loss of roughly 1,400 jobs
Film Release
Sep 16 The critically acclaimed "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling, is released
- Sep 17 Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City.
Emmy Awards
Sep 18 63rd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Kyle Chandler & Julianna Margulies win
- Sep 18 36th Toronto International Film Festival: "Where Do We Go Now?" directed by Nadine Labaki wins the People's Choice Award (Drama)
Television Debut
Sep 19 Ashton Kutcher debuts on "Two and a Half Men", replacing Charlie Sheen
- Sep 20 The United States ends its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Television Debut
Sep 20 "New Girl", starring Zooey Deschanel, debuts on Fox
Music Single
Sep 20 "Call Me Maybe", single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is released
Famous Weddings
- Sep 3 English DJ and musician Mark Ronson (36) weds French actress Josephine De La Baume (27) in Aix-en-Provence, France
- Sep 4 Fashion model and designer Lauren Bush (28) weds David Lauren (40), son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren at the 17,000 acre farm in Colorado
- Sep 10 Actress Amy Smart (36) weds TV personality and model Carter Oosterhouse (35) in Traverse City, Michigan
- Sep 17 Actor and film producer David Clayton Rogers (34) weds actress Sally Pressman (31) at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, California
- Sep 24 Model and actress Molly Sims (38) weds film producer Scott Stuber at Frank Caferatta Vineyards in Napa, California
- Sep 30 Paramore bassist Jeremy Davis (26) weds TV host and actress Kathryn Camsey in Las Vegas
Famous Divorces
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean character animator, Chile (b. 1966)
- Sep 2 Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979)
- Sep 4 Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
- Sep 6 Wardell Quezergue, American jazz, blues, and funk composer, arranger, record producer and bandleader, known as the "Creole Beethoven", dies at 81
- Sep 7 Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (917 NHL games; 48 internationals), dies in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash at 36
- Sep 7 Brad McCrimmon, Canadian NHL defenseman, 1979-97 (Philadelphia Flyers; Calgary Flames and 4 others), dies as head coach of KHL Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, along with most of the team, in a plane crash enroute to his first game, at 52
Cliff Robertson
Sep 10 Clifford "Cliff" Robertson, American actor (Charly, Spider-Man) and spokesman for AT&T, dies at 88
- Sep 11 Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (Spartacus), dies of cancer at 39
- Sep 11 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
- Sep 11 Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)
- Sep 12 Frits Castricum, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA), dies at 64
- Sep 12 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- Sep 13 DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34
- Sep 13 Walter Bonatti, Italian climber (b. 1930)
- Sep 15 Frances Bay, Canadian actress (b. 1919)
- Sep 17 Colin Madigan, Australian architect (b. 1921)
- Sep 18 Kurt Sanderling, German conductor (East Berlin Symphony 1960-77), dies at 98
- Sep 19 Thomas Capano, attorney, criminal (b. 1949)
- Sep 19 Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist, dies of a heart attack at 79
- Sep 19 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, dies at 82
- Sep 20 Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)
- Sep 20 Robert Whitaker, British photographer whose work was used on Beatles and Cream album covers, dies at 71
- Sep 21 Pamela Ann Rymer, American federal appellate judge (b. 1941)
- Sep 21 Troy Anthony Davis, American high-profile death row inmate and human rights activist (executed) (b. 1968)
- Sep 21 Jun Henmi, Japanese writer and poet (b. 1939)
- Sep 23 Stuart J. Byrne, American sci-fi author (Star Man, God Man), dies at 97
Wangari Maathai
Sep 25 Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, founder of the Green Belt Movement, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (2004) and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize (2006), dies from ovarian cancer at 71
- Sep 25 Gusty Spence, Northern Irish loyalist politician and leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), dies at 78
- Sep 26 Bob Cassilly, American Artist and Founder of the St. Louis City Museum (b. 1949)
- Sep 27 Dave Hill, American golfer (13 PGA Tour titles), dies of emphysema at 74
- Sep 27 Johnny "Country" Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933)
- Sep 29 Sylvia Robinson, American singer (Mickey & Sylvia - "Love Is Strange"; solo - "Pillow Talk"), record producer, and record label executive (Sugar Hill Records), dies of congestive heart failure at 76
- Sep 30 Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and Islamist militant (b. 1971)
- Sep 30 Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Miracles, 1958-73 - "The Tracks of My Tears"), dies at 70