- Sep 1 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade
- Sep 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Sep 1 The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate
- Sep 4 Carol Burnett-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
- Sep 4 US authorizes Agency for International Development
John F. Kennedy
Event of Interest
Sep 10 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
Mickey Mantle
Tennis Open
Sep 10 81st U.S. Men's National Championship: Roy Emerson beats Rod Laver (7-5, 6-3, 6-2)
Roy Emerson
Rod Laver
- Sep 10 75th U.S. Women's National Championship: Darlene Hard beats Ann Jones (6-3, 6-4)
- Sep 10 American Ferrari driver Phil Hill wins Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch World Championship of Drivers title; first American F1 world champion
- Sep 11 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph
- Sep 11 Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- Sep 12 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
- Sep 12 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 13 Battles between UN & Katanga troops in Congo
- Sep 13 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Sep 13 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 13 Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of CP of USSR
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Sep 14 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 15 61st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus aged 21
- Sep 16 CDU loses West German election
- Sep 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 16 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, Kentucky (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 17 "Car 54, Where are You?" premieres on US TV
- Sep 17 Minnesota Vikings' 1st NFL game (beat Chicago Bears 37-13)
Event of Interest
Sep 17 Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," premieres in NYC
Samuel Beckett
- Sep 17 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Event of Interest
Sep 17 Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game
Fran Tarkenton
- Sep 18 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 19 Betty and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it tried to abduct them.
- Sep 20 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls
- Sep 20 James Meredith refused enrollment to the segregated University of Mississippi
- Sep 20 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Baseball Record
Sep 20 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 & barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
Roger Maris
- Sep 21 Antonio Abertondo swims English Channel both ways (44 miles)
- Sep 21 Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
- Sep 22 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min at 42.
- Sep 22 Jim Gentile's ties record of 5 grand slams in a year
- Sep 23 1st movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire
Event of Interest
Sep 23 Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive-games-played streak
Ernie Banks
- Sep 25 KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 "From the Second City" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 87 performances
- Sep 26 Roger Maris hits HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
- Sep 27 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
- Sep 27 Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of UN
- Sep 28 "Doctor Kildare" debuts on NBC-TV
Television Debut
Sep 28 "Hazel" starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
Shirley Booth
