Events in History
Event of Interest
Sep 4 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates the Dutch throne in favour of her daughter Juliana because of illness, after 58 years, longest of any Dutch monarch
- Sep 5 In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister, As such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
- Sep 6 Juliana crowned Queen of The Netherlands
- Sep 7 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
- Sep 8 British De Havilland DH108-fighter flies faster than sound
- Sep 10 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life
- Sep 13 Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of US Congress
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Gerald Ford upsets Representative Bartel J Jonkman in Michigan 5th Dist Republican primary
Appointment of Interest
Sep 18 Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine
- Sep 24 The Honda Motor Company is founded in Hamamatsu-city, Japan
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 James Rebhorn, PA, actor (White Collar, Homeland), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- Sep 1 Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
- Sep 2 Christa McAuliffe, American teacher who died in Challenger space shuttle disaster, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)
- Sep 3 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (3rd President of Zambia), born in Mufulira, Zambia (d. 2008)
- Sep 3 Tara Singh Varma, Dutch politcian (1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber), born in Springlands, British Guiana
- Sep 5 Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian diplomat and politician, born in Salzburg, Austria
- Sep 7 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 2nd President of the United Arab Emirates (2004-2022), born in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (d. 2022)
- Sep 8 Lynn [Lorraine] Abbey, American sci-fi author (Black Flame), born in Peekskill, New York
- Sep 10 Margaret Trudeau, Canadian 1st lady, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Sep 10 Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer (History of the Soul), born in Beijing, China
- Sep 13 Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist, born in Athens, Greece
- Sep 13 Sitiveni Rabuka, Fiji general and politician (1987 coup, Prime Minister of Fiji 1992-97, 2022-), born in Cakaudrove, Fiji
- Sep 16 Julia Donaldson, English children's writer (The Gruffalo), born in London, England
- Sep 17 Patricia Kluge, British-Iraqi ex-wife of Billionaire John Kluge, born in Baghdad. Iraq
- Sep 19 Michael Cooper, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in San Francisco, California
- Sep 20 George R. R. Martin, American fantasy and sci-fi author (A Song of Ice and Fire), born in Bayonne, New Jersey
- Sep 21 Artis Gilmore, ABA all star (Kentucky Colonels)
- Sep 22 Denis Burke, Australian politician, born in Townsville, Queensland
- Sep 23 Rob van Koningsbruggen, sculptor
- Sep 24 Bernadette Hingley, British priest, one of the 1st women to be ordained in England, born in Sowerby Bridge, England (d. 1995)
- Sep 26 Vladimír Remek, Czech politician and cosmonaut (Soyuz 28), born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
- Sep 27 John K. Reed, American coral biologist
- Sep 27 Michael Houlihan, director (Horniman Museum & Gardens)
- Sep 29 John M. McHugh, American politician (Rep-R-NY 1993-2009) Secretary of the Army 2009-15, born in Watertown, New York
Deaths in History
Edvard Beneš (1884-1948)
Sep 3 Czech politician, statesman, and 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (1935-38, 1945-48), dies at 64
- Sep 5 Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (b. 1881)
- Sep 6 Gerrit Hendrik Kersten, Dutch vicar and founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66
- Sep 7 Henricus Andreas Poels, Dutch Roman Catholic theologist and social foreman, dies at 80
- Sep 8 Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
- Sep 10 Ferdinand I, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18), dies at 87
Mohammed Ali Jinnah (1876-1948)
Sep 11 Founder of Pakistan who led the All-India Muslim League (1913-47) until he achieved his dream of Pakistan and became its 1st Governor-General (1947-48), dies of tuberculous at 71
Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948)
Sep 30 US First Lady and wife of Teddy Roosevelt, dies at 87
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