Events in History
Event of Interest
Sep 5 French premier Aristide Briand requests a United States of Europe
- Sep 11 San Francisco Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
- Sep 16 Police shoot at strikers in Maastricht, 2 killed
- Sep 17 British troops begin withdrawal from occupied Germany
- Sep 18 Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable" premieres in NYC
- Sep 19 Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out
- Sep 21 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
Event of Interest
Sep 24 Lt James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight
Birthdays in History
Whitey Bulger (1929-2018)
Sep 3 American organized crime boss, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Sep 4 Thomas Eagleton, American politician (38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2007)
- Sep 5 (Ildefonso Paez) "IP" Santos, Filipino landscape architect (National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture, 2006), born in Malabon, Philippines (d. 2014)
- Sep 5 Andrian Grigoryevich Nikolayev, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok III, Soyuz 9), born in Shorshely, Russia (d. 2004)
- Sep 7 Gil Wolman, French artist, born in Paris (d. 1995)
- Sep 9 Stan Parris, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81-91), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2010)
- Sep 11 David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2011)
John Gutfreund (1929-2016)
Sep 14 American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 14 Larry Collins, American writer, born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2005)
- Sep 14 Mel Hancock, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), born in Cape Fair, Missouri (d. 2011)
- Sep 15 Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2015)
- Sep 15 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist who predicted quarks (1969 Nobel Prize for Physics for theory of elementary particles), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York (d. 2019)
- Sep 16 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
- Sep 17 David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, British marshal (RAF), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Sep 17 John Stewart-Clark, British businessman and Member of the European Parliament (MEP), born in Dalmeny, Scotland
- Sep 18 June Rosemary Thorndycraft, British teacher and trade unionist (d. 1995)
- Sep 19 Marge Roukema, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014)
- Sep 19 Timothy Colman, English manufacturer and multi-millionaire (Reckitt & Colman), born in Norfolk, England
- Sep 21 Bernard Williams, English moral philosopher, born in Westcliff, Essex, England (d. 2003)
- Sep 22 William E. Dannemeyer, American politician who opposed LGBT rights (Rep-R-CA, 1979-93), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2019)
- Sep 24 Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016)
- Sep 24 George McNicol, Scottish Principal and vice-chancellor (Aberdeen University), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Kevin White, American politicians (Mayor of Boston, 1968-1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Sep 28 Nigel Althaus, British government broker
- Sep 28 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Premier of USSR (1985-1991)
- Sep 30 Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women's rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, born in Lingayen, Philippine Islands (d. 2017)
Deaths in History
- Sep 12 Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64
- Sep 23 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist (1925 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work colloids), dies at 64 [1]
- Sep 29 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron, general and Premier (1927-29), dies at 66
- Sep 30 Charles Bonin, French explorer and diplomat (China), dies at 64
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