Events in History
Nicholas II Takes Command
Sep 5 Tsar Nicholas II, distressed by increasing Russian losses, assumes personal command of his nation's military forces; clearly a symbolic act and devastating for his leadership
- Sep 7 Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)
- Sep 7 St Louis Terriers' Dave Davenport no-hits Chicago Whales (Federal League), 3-0
- Sep 8 Association of Negro Life & History founded in the US (now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
- Sep 9 Association for the Study of Negro Life and History formed in Chicago by Carter G. Woodson and others. Now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.
- Sep 16 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia adjourns 4th Duma
- Sep 16 US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
Extricating Young Gussie
Sep 18 Jeeves and Bertie Wooster make their first appearance in P. G. Wodehouse short story "Extricating Young Gussie" published in "The Saturday Evening Post" in the US
Stonehenge
Sep 21 Cecil Chubb buys English prehistoric monument Stonehenge for £6,600
- Sep 21 Emanuel Querido ("Kerido") begins publishing Querido
- Sep 22 Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, holds its 1st class
- Sep 22 Xavier University, 1st Black Catholic College in US, opens in NO LA
- Sep 25 Battle of Loos commenced, lasted until 14th October. Chlorine gas deployed by the British was blown back into their own trenches: 59,000 British & 26,000 German casualties
- Sep 25 The Second Battle of Champagne begins with French offensive against German army (ends with French retreat 6 Nov)
- Sep 28 Battle of Kut-el-Amara: British defeat Turks in Mesopotamia
- Sep 29 1st transcontinental radio telephone message sent by U.S. naval radio station at Arlington, Virginia. to naval radio station at Mare Island, San Francisco
- Sep 29 British army conquers Chilly al Imara, Mesopotamia
- Sep 29 Hurricane claims 275 in Mississippi Delta
Birthdays in History
- Sep 2 Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
- Sep 6 Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), born in Munich, Germany (d. 1988)
- Sep 8 N. V. M. González, Filipino novelist, short story writer, and, poet, born in Romblon, Philippines (d. 1999)
- Sep 13 Peter Wykeham, Royal Air Force fighter pilot, born in Kotra, Sandhurst, Berkshire (d. 1995)
- Sep 15 Helmut Schoen, football coach (manager of West Germany (1964-1978, 1974 World Cup), born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1996)
- Sep 18 Hetta Empson, South African-British artist, born in Orange Free State, South Africa (d. 1996)
- Sep 23 Ian Dawson-Shepherd, British campaigner for cerebrally palsied people, born in Port Said, Egypt (d. 1996)
- Sep 24 Margarita Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1992) [OS]
Ethel Rosenberg (1915-1953)
Sep 25 American communist, born in New York City
- Sep 29 Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (Rice-A-Roni), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
- Sep 30 Lester Maddox, American politician (Governor-D-Georgia 1967-71) and restaurant owner, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2003)
- Sep 30 Robert Morris, American lawyer, born in Jersey City (d. 1996)
Deaths in History
- Sep 2 August Stramm, German poet and playwright dies in battle during WWI at 41
- Sep 10 Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec, dies at 93
- Sep 11 William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian railway executive (Canadian Pacific Railway), dies at 72
- Sep 11 William Sprague IV, American politician and Governor of Rhode Island (1859-63), dies at 84
- Sep 13 Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
- Sep 18 Susan La Flesche Picotte, American physician (first Native American woman to receive a medical degree), dies of cancer at 50 [1]
- Sep 21 Anthony Comstock, American anti-vice crusader, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, dies at 71
- Sep 27 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
- Sep 27 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
- Sep 27 Remy de Gourmont, French poet, dies at 57
- Sep 28 Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
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