Film Premier
Sep 1 "Roger and Me", the first documentary directed by Michael Moore, premieres at the Telluride Film Festival
Michael Moore
Event of Interest
Sep 2 Reverend Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Al Sharpton
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
Jerry Lewis
- Sep 4 46th Venice Film Festival: "A City of Sadness" directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou wins Golden Lion
Event of Interest
Sep 5 Chris Evert's last US Open match, she is defeated by Zina Garrison
Chris Evert
Zina Garrison
- Sep 5 Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
Event of Interest
Sep 5 Daytime talk show "The Joan Rivers Show" hosted by Joan Rivers premieres on US TV
Joan Rivers
Baseball Record
Sep 8 George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
George Brett
Tennis Open
Sep 9 109th Women's U.S. Open: Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova (3-6, 7-5, 6-1)
Steffi Graf
Martina Navratilova
Event of Interest
Sep 10 Five days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, MLB and NFL player Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, his first
Deion Sanders
- Sep 10 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record
- Sep 10 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary and Czechoslovakia)
- Sep 10 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
- Sep 10 109th Men's U.S. Open: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (7-6, 1-6, 6-3, 7-6)
- Sep 11 Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud
- Sep 11 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
- Sep 13 "Les Miserables" opens at Fisher Theatre, Detroit
Event of Interest
Sep 13 Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
Desmond Tutu
- Sep 13 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
- Sep 14 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
- Sep 14 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
- Sep 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 15 The U.S. Congress recognizes Terry Anderson's continued captivity in Beirut.
- Sep 16 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990
- Sep 16 14th Toronto International Film Festival: "Roger & Me" directed by Michael Moore wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 17 -21] Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston, South Carolina
- Sep 17 41st Emmy Awards: LA Law, "Cheers", Dana Delany & Candice Bergen win
- Sep 17 Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62
- Sep 17 NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
- Sep 18 Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
- Sep 19 Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens
- Sep 19 French DC-10 crashes near Niger, 171 die
- Sep 19 Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
Television Debut
Sep 19 "Doogie Howser, M.D.", starring Neil Patrick Harris as a teenage physician, debuts on ABC
Neil Patrick Harris
Album Release
Sep 19 "Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814" 4th studio album by Janet Jackson is released (Grammy Award Best Long Form Music Video 1990, Billboard Album of the Year 1990)
Janet Jackson
- Sep 20 Musical "Miss Saigon," premieres in London
- Sep 20 USAir overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in NYC, 2 people die
- Sep 21 Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki
- Sep 22 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
- Sep 22 IRA bomb kills 10 Royal Marines bandsmen in Kent
Television Debut
Sep 22 "Baywatch" starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson debuts on NBC
David Hasselhoff
- Sep 23 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning
- Sep 24 28th Ryder Cup: US & Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England
- Sep 24 ABC's premiere of "The Preppie Murder", based on 1986 murder in New York City of Jennifer Levin by ex prep school student Robert Chambers
- Sep 25 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
- Sep 25 Ronald Harwood's "Another Time" premieres in London
- Sep 25 Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
- Sep 26 Last Vietnamese soldiers leave Cambodia
- Sep 26 MPAA creates NC-17 rating for movies with adult themes
- Sep 26 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze calls for total destruction of Soviet & US chemical weapons
- Sep 27 Oakland wins AL West & SF wins NL West title
- Sep 27 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
Event of Interest
Sep 29 Glenn Frey joins Don Henley on-stage (for 1st time since 1981)
Glenn Frey
Baseball Record
Sep 30 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
Nolan Ryan