Events in History
Coup d'état
Sep 4 Coup against Cuban president Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada by Fulgencio Batista
Event of Interest
Sep 8 Second Spanish government of Manuel Azaña forms
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives idea of a nuclear chain reaction
- Sep 13 Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first New Zealand female Member of Parliament
- Sep 14 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire
- Sep 21 Trial against Marinus der Lubbe opens
- Sep 25 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia
- Sep 25 5th "extermination campaign" begins against communists in Nanjing and Jiangxi province, China
- Sep 26 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White" premieres in NYC
- Sep 30 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in NYC
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 Ann W. Richards, Lakeview Texas, American politician
- Sep 2 Mathieu Kérékou, Dictator and President of Benin (1973-91, 1996-2006), born in Kouarfa, French Dahomey (d. 2015)
- Sep 5 Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean catholic archbishop, born in Santiago, Chile
- Sep 8 Michael Frayn, English playwright (Copenhagen), born in Mill Hill, England
- Sep 8 Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
- Sep 10 David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire
- Sep 10 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (Fendi, Chanel), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2019) birth date disputed
- Sep 10 Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5), born in Prudy, Tula Oblast, Soviet Union (d. 2000)
- Sep 11 William Luther Pierce, American author and activist, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2002)
- Sep 16 Jim Gilbert, British artist and criminal, born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 17 Chuck Grassley, American politician (Senator-R-Iowa, 1981- ), born in New Hartford, Iowa
- Sep 17 Desmond Fennell, British high court judge, born in Sheffield, England (d. 2011)
- Sep 18 Robert "Bob" Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator from Utah, 1993-2011), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2016)
- Sep 18 Valentina Ponomaryova, Soviet cosmonaut (Vostok 6 backup), born in Moscow, Russia
- Sep 20 Bob Banas, American choreographer (Malibu U, Jonathan Winters Show), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 24 Catherine Hughes [Pestell], British principal (Somerville College Oxford), born in County Durham, England (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81), born in Cebreros, Spanish Republic (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Arthur Duncan, American tap dancer (The Lawrence Welk Show, 1964-82), born in Pasadena, California
- Sep 27 Rodney Cotterill, Danish-English physicist (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Madeleine Kunin, Swiss born American diplomat and politician (1st Jewish Governor of Vermont 1985-91), born in Zürich, Switzerland
- Sep 28 Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor, born in Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga (d. 2006)
- Sep 29 Samora Machel, President of Mozambique (1975-86), born in Gaza Province, Mozambique (d. 1986)
- Sep 30 Mars Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut (one of the 20 original cosmonauts), born in Jalal-Abad, Soviet Union (d. 2000)
Weddings in History
Sam Giancana
Sep 23 American gangster Sam Giancana (25) weds Angeline DeTolve
- Sep 28 Sally Eilers weds Harry Joe Brown
Deaths in History
Edward Grey (1862-1933)
Sep 7 English viscount of Fallodon and Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 71
- Sep 8 Faysal I, Arab statesman, King of Iraq (1921-33) and Syria (1920), dies of a heart attack at 48
- Sep 17 Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, dies at 55
- Sep 20 Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
- Sep 21 Eduard van Oort, Dutch ornithologist (Ornithology of Netherlands), dies at 56
- Sep 24 Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
- Sep 25 Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch theoretical physicist (phase transition, Ehrenfest theorem), dies at 53
- Sep 25 Ring Lardner, American sports writer (Chicago Examiner, Chicago Tribune; "Pullman Pastimes"-The Sporting News; "You Know Me"; the Boston American), dies from a heart attack at 48
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