- Sep 1 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
- Sep 1 KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 1 United Nations announces Earth's population has hit 3 billion
- Sep 1 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 1 Channel Television launches to 54,000 households in the Channel Islands.
Baseball Record
Sep 2 St. Louis 1st baseman Stan Musial's records his 3,516th hit in Cards' 4-3 loss v NY Mets; jumps him over Tris Speaker into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the MLB all-time list
Stan Musial
- Sep 2 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 4 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
- Sep 4 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
- Sep 5 Atletico Madrid of Spain win 2nd European Cup Winner's Cup against ACF Fiorentina of Italy 3-0 in Stuttgart (replay)
- Sep 5 Cubs Ken Hubbs sets 2nd base record for consecutive errorless games at 78 & consecutive errorless chances (418), he errors in the 4th
- Sep 6 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 8 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
- Sep 8 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 8 Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 'Evening Star'
- Sep 9 Soviet economist Liberman plead for autonomous businesses
- Sep 9 WNYS (now WIXT) TV channel 9 in Syracuse, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 10 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 10 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Tennis Open
Sep 10 82nd U.S. Men's National Championship: Rod Laver completes his first Grand Slam defeating Roy Emerson (6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4)
Rod Laver
Roy Emerson
- Sep 10 76th U.S. Women's National Championship: Margaret Court beats Darlene Hard (9-7, 6-4)
- Sep 11 Beatles cut "Love Me Do" & "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums
- Sep 11 KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
- Sep 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 15 "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
- Sep 15 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
- Sep 15 KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk
- Sep 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 15 WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 16 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
- Sep 16 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
- Sep 16 Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC
- Sep 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 17 Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools
- Sep 17 US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts
- Sep 18 Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 cons errorless games
- Sep 18 Charlie Finley is denied permission to move As to Dallas-Fort Worth
- Sep 18 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN
- Sep 18 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 19 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 20 Ben Bella wins 1st elections in independent Algeria
- Sep 20 Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett refuses to admit an African-American, James Meredith, to Mississippi University
Event of Interest
Sep 23 ABC's 1st color TV series - The Jetsons by Hanna-Barbera first broadcast
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
- Sep 23 LA Dodger Maury Wills steals record setting #97 on his way to 104
- Sep 23 Martin Walser's "Esche und Angora" premieres in Berlin
- Sep 23 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
- Sep 24 KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 24 US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
- Sep 25 Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon, Georgia
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 25 Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
Sonny Liston
Floyd Patterson
- Sep 25 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 25 Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup
- Sep 25 Yankees clinch AL pennant
- Sep 25 "New Painting of Common Objects" exhibition at Pasadena Art Museum opens - 1st show on American Pop Art
- Sep 26 LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
- Sep 26 TV comedy series "Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS
- Sep 26 Yemen Arab Republic proclaimed (National Day)
- Sep 27 Military uprising under Col Abdullah as-Sallal North Yemen
- Sep 27 US sells Israel Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
Historic Publication
Sep 27 Rachel Carson publishes 'Silent Spring' about the deleterious impacts of pesticide use in the US on the environment
Rachel Carson
- Sep 28 "Brighter Day" last airs on CBS-TV daytime
- Sep 28 "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 28 "Jan Murray Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Sep 28 "Tonight Show" last airs on NBC-TV
- Sep 28 "Verdict Is Yours," last airs on CBS-TV
- Sep 28 Alouette (Canada), 1st Canadian satellite, launched
- Sep 28 Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia.
- Sep 29 "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric & His Piano peaks at #7
- Sep 29 "Green Onions" by Booker T & MG's peaks at #3
- Sep 29 "My Fair Lady" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 2,715 performances
- Sep 29 "Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 29 "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48
- Sep 29 Algerian government of Ben Bella forms
- Sep 29 Indians & Angels set AL record of 40 strikeouts in a doubleheader
John F. Kennedy
- Sep 29 Launch of Alouette 1, 1st Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)
- Sep 29 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 30 A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consecutive innings pitched without a walk
- Sep 30 JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
- Sep 30 James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
- Sep 30 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 30 KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- Sep 30 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1
Event of Interest
Sep 30 Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.
Cesar Chavez