- Sep 1 Japanese runner Hiromi Taniguchi wins the marathon in 2:14:57 at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 1 Richard J Kerr, serves as acting director of CIA
Event of Interest
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
Jerry Lewis
- Sep 2 US officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
Album Release
Sep 2 "Ropin' the Wind" 3rd studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1992)
Garth Brooks
Baseball Record
Sep 4 MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth's 60) & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
Roger Maris
- Sep 5 8th MTV Video Music Awards: REM wins
Event of Interest
Sep 5 Nelson Mandela chosen as president of African National Congress
Nelson Mandela
- Sep 6 33rd Walker Cup: US, 14-10
- Sep 6 Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname
- Sep 6 USSR recognizes the independence of the 3 Baltic republics (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania)
- Sep 6 The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924.
- Sep 7 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
- Sep 7 Die Laughing wins Messenger Stakes
- Sep 7 Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer passes NCAA record 11,606 yards
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first US title; beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 6-1
Monica Seles
Martina Navratilova
- Sep 8 Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34)
- Sep 8 Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia
- Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first US title; beats American Jim Courier 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
Event of Interest
Sep 9 Mike Tyson indicted for rape of Desiree Washington
Mike Tyson
- Sep 9 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland
Event of Interest
Sep 10 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination
Clarence Thomas
- Sep 10 Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
Music Single
Sep 10 Rock band Nirvana release their single "Smells like Teen Spirit", often dubbed the anthem of Generation X
Dave Grohl
Kurt Cobain
- Sep 11 "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
- Sep 11 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
- Sep 11 NY Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
- Sep 11 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers & Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win
Nolan Ryan
Event of Interest
Sep 13 Joe Carter 1st baseball player with 3 consecutive 100 RBI seasons with 3 different teams (Indians, Padres, Blue Jays)
Joe Carter
- Sep 13 Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts
- Sep 14 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
- Sep 14 San Diego State freshman running back Marshall Faulk rushes for NCAA record 386 yards and scores 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific, 55-34
- Sep 14 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 14 16th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Fisher King" directed by Terry Gilliam wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 15 "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show
- Sep 15 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Nancy Scranton wins by 3 shots from Debbie Massey
- Sep 15 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
- Sep 16 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine
Event of Interest
Sep 16 US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins
Manuel Noriega
- Sep 16 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch
- Sep 17 4,355 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
- Sep 17 UN admits Estonia, Latvia, Lithuiania, North & South Korea, Marshall Islands & Micronesia
- Sep 17 The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- Sep 18 American Major League Baseball executive John Hart becomes general manager of Cleveland Indians
- Sep 18 NCAA places Tennessee on 2 years probation for football recruiting violations
- Sep 18 Robert Helmick resigns as president of US Olympic Committee
- Sep 18 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) lands
- Sep 18 Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
- Sep 19 Colt Precious Bunny wins the 46th Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio
- Sep 19 Ötzi the Iceman, 3,300 BCE old mummy discovered by German tourists in Italian alps
- Sep 20 Lion's Terry Taylor reinstated after 1 year drug related suspension
- Sep 21 Armenia votes on whether to remain in Soviet Union
- Sep 21 USA Basketball announces "Dream Team" for the 1992 Olympics
- Sep 22 ABN & AMRO Dutch banks merge
- Sep 22 California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
- Sep 22 Harry Gant wins NSACAR Goody's 500
Event of Interest
Sep 24 Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns
Deion Sanders
- Sep 24 Robin Yount is 37th to hit 2,000 singles
Kurt Cobain
Dave Grohl
Event of Interest
Sep 25 3rd World Championships in Athletics: Carl Lewis wins gold in 100m
Carl Lewis
Event of Interest
Sep 27 US President George H. W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
George H. W. Bush
- Sep 27 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins)
- Sep 28 "Commish" debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 28 "Good Time" by Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers peaks at #85
- Sep 28 "Love Of A Lifetime" by Firehouse peaks at #5
- Sep 28 "Shiny Happy People" by REM peaks to #10
- Sep 28 NY Yankees set record of 75 games without a complete pitched game
- Sep 28 UN weapons inspectors ends 5-day standoff with Iraq
- Sep 29 "My Own Private Idaho" premieres
Ryder Cup
Sep 29 Ryder Cup Golf, Kiahwa Island GR: US beats Europe, 14½-13½; Bernhard Langer misses 6-foot par putt which would have clinched 14-all tie and retained Cup for Europe
Bernhard Langer
- Sep 29 Pat Bradley wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic at the Los Coyotes CC; her third LPGA title of the month
- Sep 30 Rev Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti
Event of Interest
Sep 30 Jerry Springer's tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" debuts
Jerry Springer