- Sep 1 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 1 George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
George Foreman
Event of Interest
Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
Jerry Lewis
- Sep 4 William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
- Sep 5 "Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Sep 5 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
- Sep 5 Conference of less developed countries approves forming "producers' associations" and calls for withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Arab lands
- Sep 6 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
- Sep 7 Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion
- Sep 7 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
- Sep 8 Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers
Baseball Record
Sep 8 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
Hank Aaron
- Sep 8 Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
- Sep 8 "Star Trek - Animated Series" premieres on TV
- Sep 8 93rd Women's U.S. Open: Margaret Court beats Evonne Goolagong Cawley (7-6, 5-7, 6-2)
- Sep 9 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
- Sep 9 93rd Men's U.S. Open: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3)
Event of Interest
Sep 10 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
Muhammad Ali
- Sep 10 NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
Coup d'état
Sep 11 Chilean President Salvador Allende is deposed in a military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet
Salvador Allende
Augusto Pinochet
- Sep 12 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
- Sep 12 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 13 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
- Sep 13 Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
- Sep 13 Syrian/Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
- Sep 14 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise
- Sep 14 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
Event of Interest
Sep 14 US President Richard Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
Richard Nixon
- Sep 15 Dutch Guilder devalued by 5%
- Sep 15 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
- Sep 15 Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles
- Sep 15 OPEC supports price hikes and designates six Gulf countries to negotiate collectively with companies over prices; other members to negotiate individually
- Sep 16 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
Event of Interest
Sep 16 Buff Bill O.J. Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
O.J. Simpson
- Sep 16 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
- Sep 18 German FR & German DR admitted to UN
- Sep 19 Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden
- Sep 19 Frank Robinson homers in record 32nd ML park (Arlington Tx)
- Sep 19 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington, D.C.
- Sep 19 Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms
- Sep 19 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
Willie Mays
Event of Interest
Sep 21 Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000
Jackson Pollock
- Sep 21 NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
Contract of Interest
Sep 21 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000
Nate Archibald
Event of Interest
Sep 22 Henry Kissinge sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
Election of Interest
Sep 23 Argentine General Elections - former Argentine President Juan Perón returns to power
Juan Perón
- Sep 23 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Open
- Sep 23 Largest known prime, 2 ^ 132,049-1, is discovered
- Sep 24 Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
- Sep 24 St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals
- Sep 25 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
- Sep 25 Mets beat Expos 2-1 on Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium
- Sep 26 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2½ years)
Event of Interest
Sep 26 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
Wilt Chamberlain
- Sep 26 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (Washington, D.C. to Paris) in record-breaking time (3h33m).
Baseball Record
Sep 27 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
Nolan Ryan
Music Single
Sep 27 “The Way We Were” single released by Barbra Streisand (Billboard Song of the Year 1974)
Barbra Streisand
- Sep 28 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
- Sep 28 ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
- Sep 29 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
- Sep 29 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
- Sep 29 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
- Sep 29 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
- Sep 30 3rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
- Sep 30 4th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54
- Sep 30 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
- Sep 30 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open
- Sep 30 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 30 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk resigns as manager