- Sep 1 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 1 In his first title defence George Foreman retains his WBC & WBA heavyweight crowns when he KOs Jose "King" Roman of Puerto Rico in round 1 in Tokyo, Japan
George Foreman
- Sep 1 Libya nationalizes 51 percent of nine other oil companies' concessions
- Sep 1 Gloucestershire beats Sussex by 40 runs in the Gillette Cup cricket final at Lord's to win their first major trophy since the Championship in 1877; South African all-rounder Mike Proctor stars with 94 and 2 for 37
- Sep 2 Billy Martin is fired as Detroit Tigers manager due to continual differences with the front office; goes on to manage Texas, Oakland and NY Yankees (in 5 separate stints)
- Sep 2 Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands
- Sep 3 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title
- Sep 3 General Walters ends term as acting director of CIA
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 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 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court wins her 24th and final Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7-6, 5-7, 6-2
- Sep 9 4th place finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch Jackie Stewart his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
- Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian John Newcombe wins his second US singles title; beats Jan Kodeš 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
NFL Record
Sep 16 Buffalo's O.J. Simpson rushes for a then NFL record 250 yards in Buffalo's 31-13 win at New England
O.J. Simpson
- 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 Kissinger succeeds William Rogers as US Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
- Sep 22 "A Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
- Sep 22 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 19-13; first time 'Ireland' included in team name
- Sep 22 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
- Sep 22 Henry Kissinge sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State
Election of Interest
Sep 23 Argentine General Elections - former Argentine President Juan Perón returns to power
Juan Perón
- 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 American Nina Kuscsik retains her NYC Marathon crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins Men's race in 2:21:54
- Sep 30 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
- Sep 30 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 30 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk resigns as manager