Historical Events
Baseball History
Sep 1 Future Baseball Hall of Fame 1st baseman Lou Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees' 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox
Debut of Bing Crosby
Sep 2 American crooner Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut on his "15 Minutes with Bing Crosby" program broadcast on the CBS network
- Sep 10 Lord Cecil of British government says War was never so improbable
Sports History
Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Ellsworth Vines beats George Lott 7-9, 6-3, 9-7, 7-5 for his first of 2 straight US singles titles
- Sep 13 British RAF pilot George Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph)
- Sep 13 Right-radical coup of Dr Pfrimer fails in Austria
- Sep 15 British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
- Sep 15 Philadelphia A's clinch pennant, beating Cleveland
- Sep 16 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
- Sep 16 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
- Sep 17 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed
- Sep 17 Boston Red Sox outfielder Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 MLB doubles
- Sep 17 Operetta "Viktoria & Her Hussar" by Paul Abraham (adapted for English by Harry Graham) premieres in London at Palace Theatre
- Sep 18 To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion is faked by the Japanese
- Sep 19 Japanese troops conquer Mukden, South Manchuria
- Sep 19 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
PGA Championship
Sep 19 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Wannamoisett CC: 20-year-old American Tom Creavy beats Denny Shute, 2 & 1 in the final for his lone major title
- Sep 20 MLB's Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184
- Sep 21 Britain abandons gold standard; pound devalues 20%
- Sep 22 Coalition Government forms in New Zealand to combat the Depression (their lack of success will lead to the election of the First Labour Government in 1935)
- Sep 24 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
Baseball History
Sep 27 Closest NL batting race ends; St. Louis Cardinals Chick Hafey's .34889 beats NY Giants Bill Terry .34861 [1]
- Sep 27 MLB's Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
- Sep 28 200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan in Peking
- Sep 30 Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Boxcar Willie [Travis Martin], American soldier (USAF) and singer ("King of the Road"), born in Ellis County, Texas (d. 1999)
- Sep 1 Cecil Parkinson, British politician (C), born in Carnforth, North Lancashire (d. 2016)
- Sep 1 Matthew J. Rinaldo, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1973-93), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 2008)
- Sep 2 Alan K. Simpson, American politician and Senate Republican whip (Sen-R-WY, 1979-97), born in Denver, Colorado
- Sep 2 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host
- Sep 3 Albert DeSalvo, American criminal (The Boston Strangler), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1973)
- Sep 3 Dick Motta, American basketball coach (NBA Championship, Washington Bullets 1977-78), born in Midvale, Utah
- Sep 3 Rudolf Kelterborn, Swiss composer, conductor (Swiss German RSO, 1974-80), and educator (Basel Music Academy, 1983-94), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2021)
- Sep 4 Antoine Bonifaci, French soccer midfielder (12 caps; OGC Nice, FC Inter Milan, Bologna FC, Torino FC), born in Bezons, France (d. 2021)
- Sep 4 Mitzi Gaynor [Francesca von Gerber], American actress, singer and dancer (Anything Goes, South Pacific), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 5 Moshe Mizrahi, Israeli film director (Madame Rosa), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 2018)
- Sep 6 Sander Levin, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Sep 7 Al McGuire, American basketball coach (Marquette), born in New York City (d. 2001)
- Sep 7 Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (Missa Mundi), born in Ħamrun, Malta (d. 2009)
- Sep 8 John Garrett, British Labour Party politician, born in Romford, London (d. 2007)
- Sep 8 Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -"Ascension"; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethnomusicologist, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2010)
- Sep 10 Philip Baker Hall, American actor (Secret Honor, Hard Eight, Magnolia), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2022)
- Sep 11 Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian, born in Freudenberg, Germany (d. 2014)
- Sep 12 George Jones, American country singer-songwriter ("Golden Rings"; "Oh Lonesome Me"), born in Saratoga, Texas (d. 2013)
- Sep 12 Kristin Hunter, African-American author (God Bless the Child), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- Sep 12 Sir Ian Holm, eminent English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien, King Lear), born in Goodmayes, Essex (d. 2020)
- Sep 13 Barbara Bain, American actress (Cinnamon-Mission Impossible, Space 1999), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 13 Marjorie Jackson, Australian sprinter (Olympic gold 1952) and 33rd Governor of South Australia, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
- Sep 16 Jan Johansson, Swedish jazz pianist, born in Söderhamn, Hälsingland, Sweden (d. 1968)
Anne Bancroft (1931-2005)
Sep 17 American stage and screen Emmy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning actress (The Graduate; The Miracle Worker), director, and screenwriter, born in The Bronx, New York
- Sep 18 Anthony Bowles, British music director (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita), born in England (d. 1993)
- Sep 19 Brook Benton [Benjamin Franklin Peay], American soul vocalist ("It's Just a Matter of Time"; "Rainy Night in Georgia"), born in Lugoff, South Carolina (d. 1988)
- Sep 19 Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor, collaborated with Luis Buñuel on screen plays (Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), born in Colombières-sur-Orb, France (d. 2021)
- Sep 19 Raymond "Ray" Danton, American actor and director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer), born in New York City (d. 1992)
- Sep 20 Cherd Songsri, Thai film director (Plae Kao), born in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand (d. 2006)
- Sep 21 Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), born in Belgrade, Serbia (d. 2021)
Larry Hagman (1931-2012)
Sep 21 American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Sep 21 Sykuro Manabe, Japanese-American meteorologist (2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering work on climate change), born in Ehime, Japan
- Sep 22 Fay Weldon [Franklin Birkinshaw], British feminist, novelist (Praxis; The Lives and Loves of a She-Devil), playwright, and screenwriter, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2023) [1]
- Sep 22 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
- Sep 22 Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher and scientist, born in Rampur, British India
- Sep 22 Nello Santi, Italian opera conductor (Opernhaus Zürich; NY Metropolitan Opera), born in Adria, Veneto, Italy (d. 2020)
- Sep 23 Charles Harrison, American industrial designer (view finder), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2018)
- Sep 23 Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
- Sep 24 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), born in London, England (d. 1999)
- Sep 24 Brian Glanville, English journalist and football writer, born in Hendon, London
- Sep 24 Cardiss Collins, American politician (first African-American woman to represent the Midwest in Congress), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2013)
- Sep 25 Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet, born in Dashtestan, Iran (d. 2005)
- Sep 25 Patric Walker, American-British astrologer, born in Hackensack, New Jersey (d. 1995)
- Sep 26 Donald J. Pease, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2002)
- Sep 26 George Chambers, American rock bassist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), born in Carthage, Mississippi (d. 2019)
- Sep 26 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricket batsman (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 189no; Bombay, Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), born in Bombay, India (d. 1983)
- Sep 27 Freddy Quinn [Franz Nidl], Austrian pop singer and actor, born in Niederfladnitz, Austria
- Sep 28 John Gilmore, American tenor saxophonist (worked with Sun Ra), born in Summit, Mississippi (d. 1995)
Anita Ekberg (1931-2015)
Sep 29 Swedish actress (La Dolce Vita) and Miss Sweden 1950, born in Malmö, Sweden
- Sep 29 Eddie Barth [Edward Bartholetti], American actor and voiceover artist nicknamed "Mr. Gravel" for his raspy vocals (Shaft, Simon & Simon), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
- Sep 29 James Cronin, American nuclear physicist (Physics Nobel Prize 1980), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
- Sep 29 Joseph M. McDade, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963-1999), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
- Sep 30 Angeline "Angie" Dickinson [Brown], American actress (Police Woman), born in Kulm, North Dakota
Famous Weddings
- Sep 26 Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld
Famous Deaths
- Sep 5 John Thomson, football player who died in an accidental collision during a match (b. 1909)
- Sep 9 Lujo Brentano, German economist and social reformer, dies at 86
- Sep 10 Alfonso Rendano, Italian composer, dies at 78
- Sep 10 Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (differential geometry and mathematical analysis), dies at 61
- Sep 10 Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure, murdered at 63
- Sep 12 Charles Seeberger, American inventor (coined term escalator and designed 1st commercially produced escalator), dies at 74 [1]
Lili Elbe (1882-1931)
Sep 13 Danish transgender woman, former painter, and 1st identifiable recipient of sex reassignment surgery (autobiography: Man into Woman), dies from complications involving a uterus transplant at 48
- Sep 18 Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806)
- Sep 19 David Starr Jordan, American biologist and founding president of Stanford University, dies at 90
- Sep 20 Sam Morris, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 1st black & of West Indian origin to rep. Australia in a Test; Victoria CA), dies at 76
- Sep 28 Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, (Le Chant de la Création), and music educator, dies at 74
