Events in History
- Sep 1 German troops land on Taman peninsula
- Sep 1 US Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans
- Sep 2 German troops enter Stalingrad
- Sep 4 Transport #28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
- Sep 5 Battle at Alam Halfa ends
- Sep 5 British & US bomb Le Havre & Bremen
- Sep 7 First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator
- Sep 7 German occupiers take silver anniversary coins in battle
- Sep 7 Transport #29 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
- Sep 9 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes
- Sep 9 Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia
- Sep 10 British RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf, Germany
- Sep 10 British troops land on Madagascar
Historic Publication
Sep 11 Enid Blyton publishes "Five on a Treasure Island" first of her "Famous Five" children's novels, start of one of the best-selling children's series ever with over 100 million sold
- Sep 11 Transport #31 departs with French Jews to Nazi Germany
- Sep 12 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal
- Sep 12 Free-Poland & Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes
- Sep 13 Battle of Edson's Ridge (2nd Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
- Sep 13 German forces attack Stalingrad
- Sep 14 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
- Sep 14 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Sep 14 US Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz presents the 1st Medal of Honor of WWII, for courage and valor beyond the call of duty during the attack on Pearl Harbor, to sailor John William Finn; ceremony took place in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Enterprise
- Sep 15 US aircraft carrier Wasp torpedoed at Guadalcanal
- Sep 16 Japanese attack on Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, repelled
- Sep 18 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized for radio service
- Sep 18 The order for "extermination of asocials through labour" is approved by Nazi Minister of Justice, Otto Thierack
- Sep 20 Gunther Hagg becomes world champ of all records from 1500m to 5000m
- Sep 21 116 hostages executed by Nazis in Paris
- Sep 21 Transport #35 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
- Sep 23 Soviet counter offensive at Stalingrad
- Sep 23 Transport #36 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
- Sep 27 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad
- Sep 27 St Louis Cards win NL pennant on last day of season
- Sep 28 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad
- Sep 29 32°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio in September
- Sep 29 French Government in exile of De Gaulle cancels agreement of Munich
Event of Interest
Sep 30 Admiral Chester Nimitz's B-17 finds Guadalcanal using a National Geographic map
- Sep 30 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 C[arolyn] J[anice] Cherryh, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Faded Sun Trilogy)
- Sep 4 Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archaeology, born in Shiraz, Iran (d. 2006)
- Sep 4 Bob Filner, American politician (Rep-D-California 1992-2012; Mayor of San Diego, 2012-13), born in Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania
- Sep 5 Werner Herzog, German director (Burden of Dreams, Stroszek, Woyzeck), born in Munich, Germany
Roy DeMeo (1942-1983)
Sep 7 American gangster (Gambino crime family), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Sep 8 Ansen [Nancy Ann] Dibble, Dutch sci-fi author (Summerfair), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2006)
- Sep 9 John Linder, American politician (Rep-R-Georgia 1993-2011), born in Deer River, Minnesota
- Sep 14 Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer (Grace Notes), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Sep 15 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, American sci-fi author (Hotel Transylvania), born in Berkeley, California
Emmerson Mnangagwa (81 years old)
Sep 15 Zimbabwean politician (President 2017-), born in Zvishavane, South Rhodesia
- Sep 17 Robert Graysmith, American Zodiac killer researcher and author, born in Pensacola, Florida
- Sep 18 Koos van den Berg, Dutch politician (SGP), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Sep 20 Gérald Tremblay, Québec politician (41st Mayor of Montreal), born in Ottawa, Ontario
- Sep 21 Ann Elder, American comedienne (Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Sep 22 Dick Pickering, British trade unionist, born in Manchester, England (d. 1996)
- Sep 23 Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician
- Sep 27 Tessa Blackstone "the Red Baroness", British politician and educator, born in Bures, England
- Sep 29 Bill Nelson, American astronaut (STS 61C), attorney,and politician (U.S. Representative (D) Florida, 1979-1999; U.S. Senate (D) Florida, 2001-19; NASA Administrator, 2021- ), born in Miami, Florida
Deaths in History
- Sep 2 Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
- Sep 5 François de Labouchère, French aviator of World War II, compagnon de la Libération. (b. 1917)
- Sep 7 Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter dies at 87
- Sep 14 E.S. Gosney, American eugenicist (b. 1855)
- Sep 15 Jack Singer, American war reporter, dies aboard USS Wasp
- Sep 19 Condé Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast company (Vanity Fair), dies at 69
- Sep 22 Ralph Adams Cram, American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC), dies at 78
- Sep 27 Douglas Munro, American military mariner (only WWII US Coast Guard member awarded Medal of Honor), dies in battle near Guadalcanal Island at 22
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