- Sep 1 Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed
- Sep 1 Pirate Radio Marina (Netherlands) begins transmitting
Event of Interest
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Jerry Lewis
Music Recording
Sep 6 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Eric Clapton
George Harrison
- Sep 6 Swaziland gains independence from Britain (National Day)
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: England's Virginia Wade wins first Open era US singles title; beats Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2
Virginia Wade
Billie Jean King
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Arthur Ashe wins first Open era US title; beats Dutchman Tom Okker 14-12, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Arthur Ashe
- Sep 9 WGIQ TV channel 43 in Louisville, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 9 WVPT TV channel 51 in Staunton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
- Sep 12 Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact
- Sep 13 Albania leaves Warsaw pact
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 14 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Floyd Patterson
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
Denny McLain
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Dmitri Shostakovich' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Sep 14 USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
Event of Interest
Sep 15 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
Barbra Streisand
- Sep 15 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry
- Sep 15 NY Zendo (Shoboji) was opened by S Nakagawa & D S Harada
- Sep 15 WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, Ohio (IND) begins broadcasting
- Sep 15 WXON TV channel 20 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
- Sep 15 Probable Test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
- Sep 16 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
Event of Interest
Sep 16 Richard Nixon appears on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in"
Richard Nixon
- Sep 17 Gaylord Perry (Giants) no-hits St Louis Cardinals, 1-0
- Sep 17 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon
- Sep 18 "Funny Girl" biopic film based on life of Fanny Brice premieres, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
- Sep 18 Ray Washburn (Cards) no-hits SF Giants 2-0
- Sep 19 Nigerian federal army begins the "final offensive" against the secessionist state of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War
Event of Interest
Sep 19 Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR
Mickey Mantle
Denny McLain
- Sep 20 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
- Sep 21 Police drama "Adam-12" debuts on NBC in the US
- Sep 22 Iraq adopts constitution
- Sep 22 KMTC (now KDEB) TV channel 27 in Springfield, MO (IND) 1st broadcast
- Sep 22 Twins' Cesar Tovar pitched a hitless inning & plays all 9 positions
- Sep 22 Zond 5 completes flight
Event of Interest
Sep 22 Ceremony to mark relocation of ancient Egyptian Abu Simbel temples, honoring Ramesses II after rebuilt 200 meters inland away from Aswan Dam
Ramesses II
- Sep 23 WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKGB TV channel 53 in Bowling Green, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKLE TV channel 46 in Lexington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKMA TV channel 35 in Madisonville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKMR TV channel 38 in Morehead, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKON TV channel 52 in Owenton, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKSO TV channel 29 in Somerset, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 23 WKZT TV channel 23 in Elizabethtown, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Television Premiere
Sep 24 "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV
Mike Wallace
Harry Reasoner
- Sep 24 "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
Event of Interest
Sep 24 NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
Gil Hodges
- Sep 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 26 1st broadcast of "Hawaii Five-O" on CBS-TV
- Sep 26 Marcelo Caetano elected premier of Portugal
- Sep 26 St Louis Cards' Bob Gibson's 13th shutout ends with 1.12 ERA
- Sep 26 Theatre censorship ends in Britain
- Sep 26 "Oliver!" directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
- Sep 27 "Hair" opens in London
- Sep 27 Cardinals' super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year
- Sep 27 France denies UK entry into common market
- Sep 28 "Happy Time" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 286 performances
Event of Interest
Sep 28 "Noël Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 performances
Noël Coward
Event of Interest
Sep 28 Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother & Holding Co"
Janis Joplin
- Sep 28 Marisa Danisi of West Germany roller skates record 21.995 miles in 1 hr
Event of Interest
Sep 29 Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown
Carl Yastrzemski
Event of Interest
Sep 30 The Supremes release "Love Child"
Diana Ross