- 1721 Thomas Doggett, British comedy actor (Drury Lane Theatre), dies at approximately 51
- 1927 George Nichols, American director and actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62 or 63
- 1946 Raimu [Jules Auguste Cesar Muraire], French actor (The Baker's Wife, Marius, Fanny), dies from a heart attack at 62
- 1949 Richard Dix, American actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron, The Ghost Ship), dies from a heart attack at 56
- 1956 Theo Frenkel, Dutch actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy), dies at 85
- 1959 Olin Howlin, American actor (Gone with the Wind, Them!, Circus Boy), dies at 73
- 1971 James Westerfield, American actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny), dies from a heart attack at 59
- 1973 Glenn Strange, American actor (Sam the Bartender-Gunsmoke), dies at 74
- 1974 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), dies at 71
- 1976 Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
- 1980 Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
- 1988 Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54
- 1990 Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
- 1993 Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64
- 1999 Willy Millowitsch, German actor (National Lampoon's European Vacation), dies from heart failure at 90
- 2003 Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), dies a 80
- 2009 John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91
- 2014 Polly Bergen [Nellie Burgin], American actress, singer, television host, and writer (Rhoda-Winds of War, The Helen Morgan Story), dies of natural causes at 84
- 2015 Jack Larson, American playwright and actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman), dies at 87
- 2016 Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (LA Confidential, 8 Mile), dies at 71
September in History
Arc Lamps Light the Way to World-Beating Display
"Artificial sunshine" came to a Northern England holiday resort in 1879, dazzling the visitors and showing the world the possibilities of outside electricity.
September 18, 1879
The Story of the First Country to Grant Women the Vote
In the late 19th century the women's suffrage movement was widespread in Europe, America, Britain and its colonies. But who was first to grant women the vote?
September 19, 1893
A Sheep's Coat at Sunrise, A Man's Coat at Sunset
Is it possible to produce a wearable man’s coat from wool shorn from a sheep the same day? They did it in 1811 and again – in record time – 180 years later.
September 21, 1991
Airship Bomb Crew Meet their Match in Policeman
They dropped their bombs and planned to escape, but the German airship crew hadn’t reckoned on the tenacity of a lone British policeman on his bike.
September 24, 1916