Historical Events
Symphony of A Thousand
Sep 12 Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony ("Symphony of A Thousand") premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Sep 19 George M. Cohan's musical "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford" premieres in NYC
- Sep 22 Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms with an initial 9 team competition
- Sep 22 The Duke of York's Cinema opens in Brighton. It is still operating today as the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain
- Sep 27 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
- Sep 29 National Urban League founded as Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes by Ruth Standish Baldwin and Dr. George Edmund Haynes in New York City
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Alma Heflin, American commercial airplane test pilot and child psychologist, born in Winona, Missouri (d. 2000)
- Sep 2 Bruce Boyce, Canadian-American baritone singer, and teacher (Royal Academy - London, England), born in London, Ontario (d. 1996)
- Sep 3 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)
- Sep 3 Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2007)
- Sep 5 Phiroz Palia, Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; United Provinces), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1981)
- Sep 6 Frank Fidler, English artist, born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 7 John Shea, American 500m/1500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1932), born in Lake Placid, New York (d. 2002)
- Sep 8 Gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round), born in Oostende, Belgium (d. 2002)
- Sep 8 Jean-Louis Barrault, French stage actor, director and producer (Les Enfants du Paradis), born in Le Vésinet, Seine-et-Oise, France (d. 1994)
- Sep 14 Gaston Defferre, French Socialist politician, born in Marsillargues, France (d. 1986)
- Sep 14 Jack Hawkins, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story), born in London, England (d. 1973)
- Sep 14 Lehman Engel, American conductor and composer (A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 1982)
- Sep 14 Yi Sang, Korean author and poet (Dying Words, Wings, Child’s Bone), born in Jongro, Seoul (d. 1937)
- Sep 14 Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon, born in Katakolo, Greece (d. 2003)
- Sep 15 George Kilpatrick, Canadian-British bible scholar (University of Oxford), born in Coal Creek, British Columbia (d. 1989)
- Sep 15 Richard Baerlein, British horse racing journalist (Evening Standard 1947-57, Observer 1963-95, Guardian 1968-95), and author, born in England (d. 1995)
- Sep 16 Erich Kempka, German chauffeur to Adolf Hitler, born in Oberhausen, Germany (d. 1975)
- Sep 16 Karl Kling, German auto racer (11 F1 GP starts, 2 podiums, 17 C'ship points; Mercedes), born in Giessen, Germany (d. 2003)
- Sep 18 Hendrik Cornelis, Belgian colonial civil servant and Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, born in Oudenaarde, Belgium (d. 1999)
- Sep 18 Josef Tal, Israeli composer (Israeli art music), born in Pinne, German Poland (d. 2008)
- Sep 18 Leon Stein, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
- Sep 19 Arthur Mullard, English actor, comedian and singer (Romany Jones), born in London (d. 1995)
- Sep 19 Margaret Lindsay, American actress (Take a Guess), born in Dubuque, Iowa (d. 1981)
- Sep 20 Jacques LeBrun, French yachtsman (Olympic gold Snowbird class 1932), born in Paris, France (d. 1996)
- Sep 22 Klement Slavicky, Czech composer (Symfonietta No. 4 - Pax hominibus in universo orbi), born in Tovačov, Moravia (d. 1999)
- Sep 23 Elliot Roosevelt, American general, writer and son of FDR (Murder in the Oval Office), born in New York City (d. 1990)
- Sep 23 Soulima Stravinsky, Swiss-American pianist, composer, and son of Igor Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland (d. 1994)
- Sep 24 Cao Yu, Huaju writer (Peking Man), born in Tianjin, China (d. 1996)
- Sep 24 Frank Pelleg [Pollack], Czech-Israeli harpsichordist, pianist, conductor and educator, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1968) [1]
- Sep 24 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Le Plaisir, Every Man is My Enemy), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1976)
- Sep 24 Leon MacLaren, British philosopher and founder of the LSE, born in Glasgow (d. 1994)
- Sep 27 Eve March, American actress (Curse of the Cat People), born in Fresno, California (d. 1974)
- Sep 27 Giles Playfair, English writer, born in Kensington, London (d. 1996)
- Sep 28 Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-65), born in Lubao, Philippines (d. 1997)
- Sep 29 Virginia Bruce, American actress (Action in Arabia), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1982)
Famous Weddings
John Barrymore
Sep 1 Actor John Barrymore (28) marries first wife actress Katherine Corri Harris (19) (divorced 1917)
Georgios Papanicolaou
Sep 29 Greek physician and zoologist Georgios Papanicolaou (27) weds his future laboratory assistant and pap smear research subject Andromachi Mavrogeni in Athens
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Henri Rousseau, French post-impressionist painter (The Dream, The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope), dies of a blood clot at 66
- Sep 5 Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest and musicologist (Magister choralis), dies at 70
- Sep 5 Julian Edwards, American composer, dies at 54
- Sep 7 William Holman Hunt, English painter (Light of the World), dies at 83
- Sep 16 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyrian archaeologist (discovered Epic of Gilgamesh, world's oldest piece of literature), dies at 84
- Sep 23 Tup Scott, Australian cricket batsman and captain (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102; Victoria), dies of typhoid at 51
- Sep 24 Rudolf Dellinger, German Bohemian composer, dies at 53
- Sep 29 Winslow Homer, American painter known for his marine scenes (Breezing Up), dies at 74
- Sep 30 Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
