Events in History
- Sep 1 Egypt & Libya form federation
- Sep 2 The headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in Belfast is severely damaged by an IRA bomb
- Sep 2 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Sep 4 Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America
- Sep 4 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 5 Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
- Sep 8 Jim Ryan (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryan's chances for gold
- Sep 9 Connection found between Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint cave systems in Kentucky, joining 144 miles of passages - making it the world's longest known cave system (later mapped at 420 miles) [1]
- Sep 10 3 British soldiers are killed in a land mine attack near Dungannon, County Tyrone
- Sep 11 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
- Sep 14 2 people are killed and 1 mortally wounded in a Ulster Volunteer Force bomb attack on the Imperial Hotel, Belfast
- Sep 14 Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in NYC
- Sep 14 West Germany & Poland establish diplomatic relations
- Sep 15 A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois.
- Sep 15 An SAS domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm was hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
- Sep 17 BART begins passenger service in San Francisco
- Sep 17 Tanzania troops march in to Uganda
- Sep 19 A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
- Sep 20 Libya acquires a 50 percent interest in two ENI oil concessions
- Sep 20 The Social Democratic and Labour Party issues a document entitled "Towards a New Ireland", proposing that the British and Irish governments should have joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland
Event of Interest
Sep 21 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines (not publicly announced until 23rd Sep)
- Sep 21 USSR performs underground nuclear test
- Sep 23 Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos announces state of emergency and declares martial law
- Sep 24 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
- Sep 25 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber
- Sep 25 Norway votes to join European common market
- Sep 26 American Museum of Immigration dedicated
- Sep 26 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
- Sep 28 Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
- Sep 29 Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
- Sep 29 Robert McNamara, former US Secretary of Defense, is almost thrown overboard on a ferry by an artist wanting to confront him on his role in escalating US involvement in the Vietnam war (no charges pressed)
- Sep 30 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
Birthdays in History
- Sep 6 China Miéville, English fantasy fiction writer (Perdido Street Station), born in Norwich, England
- Sep 8 Phil Laak, Irish-American professional poker player, born in Dublin
- Sep 9 Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader, born in Brighton, United Kingdom
- Sep 12 Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American activist and blogger, born in Bangladesh (d. 2015)
- Sep 15 Queen Letizia of Spain, Spanish consort to King Felipe VI, born in Oviedo, Spain
- Sep 19 N.K. Jemison, American science fiction and fantasy author (The Fifth Season), born in Iowa City, Iowa
- Sep 23 Karl Pilkington, British radio personality
- Sep 26 Beto O'Rourke, American politician (Rep-D-Texas 2013-19), born in El Paso, Texas
- Sep 27 Craig L. Rice, American Politician
- Sep 28 Dita Von Teese [Heather Sweet], American burlesque artist, born in West Branch, Michigan
- Sep 30 Ari Behn, Norwegian author, born in Aarhus, Denmark
Deaths in History
- Sep 1 Kees Posthumus, Dutch chemist, dies at 70
- Sep 5 Josef Romano, Israeli olympian, murdered
- Sep 7 Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian and honorary secretary of King Leopold III of Belgium, dies at 81
- Sep 15 Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-61), dies at 85
- Sep 21 Henry de Montherlant, French novelist and stage author (La Reine Morte), dies at 76
- Sep 22 Robert K.J.E. Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
- Sep 27 S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
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