Historical Events
Event of Interest
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
Usain Bolt
- 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
Tennis Open
Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Samantha Stosur becomes first Australian to wins a Grand Slam title since 1980; upsets Serena Williams 6-2, 6-3
Serena Williams
- 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
Music Single
Sep 12 "Love On Top" single released by Beyoncé (Grammy Award Best Traditional R&B Performance 2013, Billboard Song of the Year 2012)
Beyoncé Knowles
Election of Interest
Sep 14 Elizabeth Warren announces she intends to run for the Democratic nomination for the 2012 Massachusetts Senatorial election
Elizabeth Warren
- Sep 15 The St. Thomas Assembly plant is closed permanently after decades of providing employing to the region of St. Thomas, Ontario and resulting in the loss of roughly 1,400 well-paid jobs
Film Release
Sep 16 The critically acclaimed "Drive", starring Ryan Gosling, is released
Ryan Gosling
- Sep 17 Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zucotti Park, New York City.
Television Awards
Sep 18 63rd Emmy Awards: Mad Men, Modern Family, Kyle Chandler & Julianna Margulies win
Julianna Margulies
- 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
Ashton Kutcher
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
Zooey Deschanel
Music Single
Sep 20 "Call Me Maybe", single by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, is released
Carly Rae Jepsen
- Sep 22 CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light
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
Cliff Robertson
Sep 10 Clifford "Cliff" Robertson, American actor (Charly, Spider-Man) and spokesman for AT&T, dies at 88
Cliff Robertson
- Sep 11 Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (Spartacus), dies of cancer at 39
- Sep 11 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
- Sep 11 Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
- Sep 11 Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)
- Sep 12 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- Sep 13 DJ Mehdi, French hip hop and electro producer (b. 1977)
- 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 19 Thomas Capano, attorney, criminal (b. 1949)
- Sep 19 Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)
- Sep 20 Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)
- 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
Wangari Maathai