Historical Events
United States of Europe
Sep 5 French premier Aristide Briand requests a United States of Europe
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 14 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills NY: Bill Tilden wins 7th US title; beats Francis Hunter 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Sep 16 Police shoot at strikers in Maastricht, 2 killed
- Sep 17 British troops begin withdrawal from occupied Germany
- Sep 18 Pirates loss to Braves & clinch NL pennant for the Cubs
- Sep 18 Preston Sturges' "Strictly Dishonorable" premieres in NYC
- Sep 19 Latvia dictator A Woldemaras chased out
- Sep 21 1st legal pass in Canada was thrown by Gerry Seiberling & 1st reception by Ralph Losie of Calgary Altomah-Tigers against Edmonton
1st Instrument Flight
Sep 24 James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Air Force Base in NY in the first flight to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course and land
- Sep 24 New York Yankee pitcher Tom Zachary ends season 12-0, record for most pitching wins without a loss in one season
Event of Interest
Sep 25 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Hal Ashby, American film director (The Last Detail; Shampoo; Being There), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1988)
- Sep 2 Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor (A Hard Day's Night, Help!), born in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales (d. 2012) [1]
- Sep 3 Carlo Clerici, Swiss road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 1954), born in Vaiano, Italy (d. 2007)
Whitey Bulger (1929-2018)
Sep 3 American organized crime boss, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Bob Newhart (94 years old)
Sep 5 American Grammy Award-winning comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor (The Bob Newhart Show; Newhart; The Big Bang Theory), born in Oak Park, Illinois
- Sep 5 Ildefonso P. Santos Jr., Filipino landscape architect (National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture, 2006), born in Malabon, Philippines (d. 2014)
- Sep 6 Dow Finsterwald, American golfer (PGA Championship 1958; PGA Player of the Year 1958), born in Athens, Ohio (d. 2022)
- Sep 6 Hsu Tsang-Houei, Taiwanese composer, born in Changhau, Taiwan (d. 2001)
- Sep 7 Gil Wolman, French artist, born in Paris (d. 1995)
- Sep 7 T. P. McKenna [Thomas Patrick McKenna], Irish actor (Rivals, Holocaust), born in Mullagh, Ireland (d. 2011)
- Sep 8 Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1984-2002), born in Berlin, Germany
- Sep 9 Aleksei Maslennikov, Russian tenor (Bolshoi Theater, 1953-88), born in Novocherkassk, Russia (d. 2016)
- Sep 9 Claude Nougaro, French jazz singer and songwriter, born in Toulouse, France (d. 2004)
- Sep 9 Stan Parris, American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81-91), born in Champaign, Illinois (d. 2010)
- Sep 10 Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo (d. 1976)
Arnold Palmer (1929-2016)
Sep 10 American golfer (7 major titles; US Masters 1958, 60, 62, 64), born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
- Sep 10 Paul Terasaki, American scientist, invented tissue typing for organ transplants and founded first kidney transplant registry, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016) [1]
- Sep 10 Pentti Siimes, Finnish actor (Miriam), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 2016)
- Sep 10 Wayde Preston [William Erksine Strange], American actor (A Man Called Sledge; Colt .45), born in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (d. 1992)
- Sep 11 David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois (d. 2011)
- Sep 12 Harvey Schmidt, American musical theatre composer (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), and illustrator, born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2018)
- Sep 13 Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian operatic basso singer, born in Velingrad, Bulgaria (d. 2004)
John Gutfreund (1929-2016)
Sep 14 American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), born in New York City
- Sep 14 Larry Collins, American writer, born in West Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2005)
- Sep 14 Maurice Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2013)
- Sep 14 Mel Hancock, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri), born in Cape Fair, Missouri (d. 2011)
- Sep 15 Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2015)
- Sep 15 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist who predicted quarks (1969 Nobel Prize for Physics for theory of elementary particles), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2019)
- Sep 16 Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
- Sep 17 David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, British marshal (RAF), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Sep 17 John Stewart-Clark, British businessman and Member of the European Parliament (MEP), born in Dalmeny, Scotland
Stirling Moss (1929-2020)
Sep 17 British auto racer (16 x F1 Grand Prix; World F1 Drivers C'ship runner-up 1955-58; 12 Hours of Sebring 1954) and broadcaster (ABC F1, NASCAR), born in London, England
- Sep 17 Vincent La Selva, American conductor (New York Grand Opera Company, 1973-2012), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2017) [1]
- Sep 18 Jack Mullaney, American actor (South Pacific; My Living Doll; It's About Time: Spinout), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
- Sep 18 June Rosemary Thorndycraft, British teacher and trade unionist (d. 1995)
- Sep 18 Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, born in Byhalia, Mississippi (d. 1994)
- Sep 19 Marge Roukema, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014)
- Sep 19 Timothy Colman, English naval officer and businessman, (Colman's mustard), born in Norfolk, England (d. 2021)
- Sep 20 Anne Meara, American comedian and actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place, The Other Woman), mother of Ben Stiller, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- Sep 21 Bernard Williams, English moral philosopher, born in Westcliff, Essex, England (d. 2003)
- Sep 21 Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (Budapest Honvéd), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1979)
- Sep 22 Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer (World Champion 125cc 1951, 55, 56, 58-60; 250cc 1956, 59, 60), born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 2020)
- Sep 22 Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), born in Québec City, Québec (d. 1986)
- Sep 22 William E. Dannemeyer, American politician who opposed LGBT rights (Rep-R-CA, 1979-93), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2019)
- Sep 23 Wally Whyton, English musician and broadcaster (BBC 2), born in London, England (d. 1997)
- Sep 24 Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016)
- Sep 24 Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), born in Helden, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- Sep 24 George McNicol, Scottish Principal and vice-chancellor (Aberdeen University), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2014)
Barbara Walters (1929-2022)
Sep 25 American broadcast journalist and 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today; 20/20; ABC-TV; The View), born in Boston, Massachusetts [1]
- Sep 25 Jack Rutherford, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 1 wicket; WA CA), born in Bruce Rock, Australia (d. 2022)
- Sep 25 Kevin White, American politicians (Mayor of Boston, 1968-1984), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
- Sep 25 Ronnie Barker, English comedian (The Two Ronnies, Porridge), born in Bedford, England (d. 2005)
- Sep 26 Meredith Gourdine, American long jumper (Olympic silver 1952), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1998)
- Sep 27 Ken McCaffery, Australian rugby league centre (12 Tests; North Sydney; Queensland), broadcaster (9 Network) and administrator (North Sydney DRLFC), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2021)
- Sep 28 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer, born in Indore, British India (d. 2022)
- Sep 28 Nigel Althaus, British government broker (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Nikolay Ryzhkov, Soviet leader, Premier of USSR (1985-1991), born in Dzerzhynsk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
- Sep 29 Valentinas Bagdonas, Lithuanian composer (Symphony of Peace), born in Sriūbos, Lithuania (d. 2009)
- Sep 30 Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women's rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, born in Lingayen, Philippine Islands (d. 2017)
Famous Deaths
- Sep 12 Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64
- Sep 18 Hermann Gradener, German composer, dies at 85
- Sep 23 Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist (1925 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work colloids), dies at 64 [1]
- Sep 25 Miller Huggins, American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1923, 27, 28; 6 x AL pennants NY Yankees), dies of pyaemia at 51
- Sep 29 Giitji Tanaka, Japanese baron, general and Premier (1927-29), dies at 66
- Sep 30 Charles Bonin, French explorer and diplomat (China), dies at 64
