Historical Events
Lindbergh Visits Idaho
Sep 4 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
- Sep 6 Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Good News" opens at The 46th Street Theatre, NYC; runs for 557 performance
- Sep 7 Philo Farnsworth demonstrates the first use of his electronic television in San Francisco
- Sep 7 University of Minas Gerais founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Governor Antônio Carlos
Tony Lazzeri Day
Sep 9 Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
International Lawn Tennis Challenge
Sep 10 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Philadelphia, PA: Henri Cochet beats Bill Johnson 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to clinch a 3-2 win for France and break 7 title US win streak
- Sep 11 After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
- Sep 12 Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in NYC
- Sep 13 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant after 5-3 win over Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium; Babe Ruth hits HR #52 en route to MLB record 60
- Sep 17 Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 17 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Frenchman Rene Lacoste successfully defends title; beats Bill Tilden 11-9, 6-3, 11-9
- Sep 18 The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. with 18 stations (and WOR as NYC affiliate)
The Long Count Fight
Sep 22 "The long count" - in a famous boxing rematch, Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey by 10-round unanimous decision at Soldiers Field, Chicago to retain world heavyweight title; crowd 104,943; gate $2,858,660
- Sep 22 New York Yankees Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sep 23 "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans", directed by F. W. Murnau, starring George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor, is released (Academy Awards Unique and Artistic Picture 1927)
- Sep 24 New York Yankees set a record of 106 victories
- Sep 24 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
- Sep 26 St James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St, NYC
- Sep 29 Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
- Sep 29 Tornado strikes St Louis, Missouri, 85 die
- Sep 29 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators
- Sep 30 Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom Zachary in 8th inning of New York's 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Tommy Evans, American doo-wop, and R&B singer (Drifters, 1956-62 - "Save The Last Dance For Me"), born in Wayne County, Michigan (d. 1984)
- Sep 2 Francis Matthews, British actor (Paul Temple, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), born in York, England (d. 2014)
- Sep 2 Leonard Katzman, American TV screenwriter and producer (Dallas; Petrocelli; Route 66), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Sep 2 Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold 1948, 52), born in Lech am Arlberg, Austria
- Sep 2 Tzvi Avni, Israeli classical composer (Meditations On A Drama), born in Saarbrücken, Germany
- Sep 3 Hugh Sidey, American journalist (Life; Time), and author (Hugh Sidey's Portraits of the Presidents), born in Greenfield, Iowa (d. 2005)
- Sep 4 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russian cosmonaut, born in Verhhyi Mamon, Voronezh Region, Russia (d. 1999)
John McCarthy (1927-2011)
Sep 4 American computer scientist (coined the term "artificial intelligence," created the Lisp programming language), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Paul Volcker (1927-2019)
Sep 5 American economist and Chairman of the US Federal Reserve (1979-87), born in Cape May, New Jersey
- Sep 6 Keith Humble, Australian composer, born in Geelong, Australia (d. 1995)
- Sep 6 Margaret Keane, American painter whose husband claimed credit for her work (Big Eyes paintings), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2022) [1]
- Sep 7 Eric Hill, British children's books author and illustrator (Where's Spot), born in Holloway, London (d. 2014)
- Sep 7 François Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), born in Paris (d. 1991)
- Sep 7 Graham Dudley Whettam, British composer, born in Swinden, Wiltshire (d. 2007)
- Sep 7 John Milford, American actor (Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Homefront), born in Johnstown, New York (d. 2000)
- Sep 8 Charles "Specs" Wright, American jazz drummer (Dizzy Gillespie; Cannonball Adderly; Red Garland), born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia (d. 1963)
- Sep 8 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter ("I Fall To Pieces"; "Busted"; "Too Many Rivers"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2002)
- Sep 8 Harmonica Fats [Harvey Blackston], American blues session and touring harmonica player ("Tore Up"), born in McDade, Louisiana (d. 2000)
- Sep 9 Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"), born in Pontiac, Michigan (d. 2004)
- Sep 10 Gwendoline "Gwen" Watford, British actress (Present Laughter, Cleopatra, Taste the Blood of Dracula), born in London, England (d. 1994)
- Sep 11 G. David Schine, American businessman, born in Gloversville, New York (d. 1996)
- Sep 11 Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, born in Kurana, Sri Lanka (d. 2002)
- Sep 12 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), born in Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 2009)
- Sep 12 Ina Muller-van Ast, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Sep 13 Samuel Smith, American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, born in New York City (d. 2005) [1]
- Sep 14 Martin Caidin, American aviation writer, born in New York City (d. 1997)
- Sep 15 David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
- Sep 15 Norm Crosby, American comedian and "Master of the Malaprop" (Liar's Club), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
- Sep 16 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), born in Astoria, Queens, New York (d. 1992)
- Sep 16 Peter Falk, American actor (Colombo, Scared Straight), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2011)
George Blanda (1927-2010)
Sep 17 American Pro Football HOF quarterback/placekicker (AFL C'ship 1960, 61 [MVP], 67; First-team All-AFL 1961; 4 × AFL All-Star; Chicago Bears, Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders), born in Youngwood, Pennsylvania
- Sep 17 Theodore S. Weiss, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92), born in Gáva, Hungary (d. 1992)
- Sep 18 Gerlando Alberti, Sicilian Mafioso (Ciaculli massacre, 1963, 'Mafia! What is that? A kind of cheese'), born in Palermo, Sicily (d. 2012)
- Sep 19 Rosemary Harris, British actress (Spider-Man, The Lion in Winter, Holocaust, Notorious Woman, Tom & Viv), born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- Sep 19 William Hickey, American actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)
- Sep 20 Clarice Taylor, American actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse), born in Buckingham County, Virginia (d. 2011)
- Sep 20 John Dankworth, English jazz musician and composer, born in Woodford, Essex, England (d. 2010)
- Sep 20 Keith "Red" Mitchell, American jazz double bassist, composer, and lyricist (Hampton Hawes; André Previn), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- Sep 20 Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife), born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales (d. 1980)
- Sep 21 Ward Swingle, American vocalist, jazz musician, composer, arranger, and conductor (The Swingle Singers - Jazz Sebastian Bach), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2015)
- Sep 22 Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1965-97), born in Mercedes, Texas (d. 2017)
- Sep 22 Gordon Astall, English soccer forward (2 caps; Birmingham City 235 games, 59 goals), born in Horwich, England (d. 2020)
Tommy Lasorda (1927-2021)
Sep 22 American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1981, 88; NL Manager of the Year 1983, 88; LA Dodgers 1976-96), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania [1]
- Sep 25 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2010)
- Sep 25 LeRoy Pearce, American collegiate athlete and college football coach, 1950-70 (University of Miami, University of Tennessee, University of Arkansas, and 3 others), born in Casper, Wyoming (d. 2014)
- Sep 25 Sir Colin Davis, British conductor (Covent Garden, 1970-85; Bavarian Radio Symphony, 1983-93; London Symphony, 1995-2006), born in Weybridge, Surrey (d. 2013)
- Sep 26 Joyce Jameson, American comedienne and actress (Spike Jones Show, The Outlaw Josey Wales), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
- Sep 26 Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (International Baccalaureate Organisation), born in Kilkenny, Ireland (d. 1990)
- Sep 26 Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of Gatorade, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2007)
- Sep 26 Romano Mussolini, Italian jazz pianist, and bandleader, born in Villa Carpena, Forlì, Kingdom Of Italy (d. 2006)
- Sep 27 "Earring" George Mayweather, American blues harmonica player, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)
- Sep 27 Boris Porena, Italian composer, music theorist, poet, and writer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2022)
- Sep 27 Eli Louw, South African politician (Minister of Transport), born in Calvinia district, South Africa (d. 2016)
- Sep 27 Patrick O'Neal, American actor (Under Siege, The Stepford Wives, King Rat, Night of the Iguana), born in Ocala, Florida (d. 1994)
- Sep 27 Red Rodney [Robert Chudnick], American jazz trumpeter (Charlie Parker Quintet), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
- Sep 27 Sada Thompson, American actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2011)
- Sep 28 Thomas J.J. Altizer, US Radical theologian (God is Dead), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
- Sep 29 Adhemar da Silva, Brazilian triple jumper (Olympic golds 1952, 56), born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2001)
- Sep 29 Paul McCloskey, American politician (Senator-R-California 1967-83), born in Loma Linda, California
- Sep 30 Hossein Dehlavi, Persian composer, conductor and teacher (Sarbaz; Plectrum Orchestra), born in Tehran, Persia (d. 2019)
- Sep 30 Ivor Noël Hume, English-born archaeologist of Colonial Williamsburg who excavated Martin's Hundred and is known as "the Babe Ruth of historical archaeology", born in London (d. 2017) [1]
- Sep 30 W. S. Merwin, American poet (17th United States Poet Laureate), born in New York City (d. 2019)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 6 Lafayette "Lave" Cross [Vratislav Kriz], American MLB baseball infielder, 1892-1907 (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and 5 other teams), dies of a heart attack at 61
- Sep 12 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer, dies at 80
- Sep 12 Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61
- Sep 14 Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), dies of cancer at 41
Isadora Duncan (1877-1927)
Sep 14 American free form/interpretative dancer, dies at 50 due to her scarf becoming entangled in her car's wheel
- Sep 15 Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem), dies at 62
- Sep 19 Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
- Sep 20 George Nichols, American director and actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62 or 63
- Sep 22 Giannotto Bastianelli, Italian musician and composer, dies at 44
- Sep 27 Stephán G. Stephansson, Icelandic poet who lived in Canada, dies at 73 [1]
- Sep 29 Arthur Achleitner, German writer, dies at 69
- Sep 29 Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor of the electrocardiodiogram (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924), dies at 67
- Sep 30 Samuel Garman, American zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and namesake of a Jamaican lizard, dies at 84
