- Sep 2 Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
- Sep 2 The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide
- Sep 3 55th Venice Film Festival: "Cosi ridevano" directed by Gianni Amelio wins Golden Lion
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
- Sep 4 1st ever "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" hosted by Chris Tarrant debuts on ITV in Britain
Music Awards
Sep 10 15th MTV Video Music Awards: Madonna & Will Smith win
Madonna
Will Smith
Event of Interest
Sep 11 Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
Bill Clinton
Tennis Open
Sep 13 118th Women's U.S. Open: Lindsay Davenport beats Martina Hingis (6-3, 7-5)
Martina Hingis
- Sep 14 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- Sep 15 With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
- Sep 15 Google.com is registered as a domain name
- Sep 18 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is formed.
Film Release
Sep 18 "Rush Hour" directed by Brett Ratner, starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker released - Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough
Jackie Chan
Event of Interest
Sep 19 23rd Toronto International Film Festival: "Life Is Beautiful" directed by Roberto Benigni wins the People's Choice Award
Roberto Benigni
Music Awards
Sep 23 32nd Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood & George Strait win
Garth Brooks
Election of Interest
Sep 27 German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU party suffers a heavy defeat in federal elections to Gerard Schroder's SPD party
Helmut Kohl