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)
Tennis Open
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis: England's Virginia Wade wins first Open era US title; beats Billie Jean King 6-4, 6-2
Virginia Wade
Billie Jean King
Film Premier
Sep 8 "Funny Girl" biopic film based on life of Fanny Brice premieres, directed by William Wyler, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif
Barbra Streisand
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: 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
- Sep 14 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
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
- Sep 15 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
- 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
Event of Interest
Sep 19 Denny McLain's 31st win & Mickey Mantle's 535th HR
Mickey Mantle
- 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
- 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
- Sep 28 "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" opens at Barrymore NYC for 17 performances
- Sep 28 Alberto Giolani of Italy roller skates record 23.133 miles in 1 hr
- Sep 28 Atlanta Chiefs beat San Diego Toros 3-0 for NASL championship
- Sep 28 Beatles' "Hey Jude" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
- Sep 28 Chuck Hixson (Southern Methodist) completes 37 of record 69 passes
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