Historical Events
- Sep 1 NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges)
Jimmie Foxx Hits #51
Sep 3 A's first baseman Jimmie Foxx smashes his 50th & 51st home runs to become only 3rd player to reach 50 in a MLB season; joins Babe Ruth & Hack Wilson
- Sep 4 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Keller GC: Olin Dutra wins the first of 2 major titles, beating Frank Walsh, 4 & 3
- Sep 5 The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger
- Sep 7 Earl Grace, ends NL catcher record streak of 110 cons errorless games
- Sep 9 Frank Crosetti ties record, striking out twice in 1 inning
- Sep 9 Mine strikes at Belgian Borinage ends
- Sep 9 Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy
- Sep 9 Steamboat SS Observation explodes in NYC East River with 71 killed
- Sep 10 Dodgers' Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
- Sep 10 Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills: American Ellsworth Vines successfully defends his title; beats Frenchman Henri Cochet 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
- Sep 11 Polish aviators Franciszek Żwirko (36) and Stanisław Wigura (31), international 'Challenge 1932' winners, are killed when their RWD- 6 plane crashes in a forest of Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia during a storm enroute to an air meet in Prague
- Sep 12 Brooklyn Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR
- Sep 12 German government of Papen falls and the Reichstag dissolved
- Sep 13 NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant
- Sep 14 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
- Sep 16 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
- Sep 16 British actress Peg Entwistle (24) commits suicide by jumping from the letter "H" in the "Hollywoodland" (now "Hollywood") sign in Los Angeles, California [1]
- Sep 20 Chicago Cubs clinch the NL pennant
- Sep 20 Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer
Event of Interest
Sep 20 Mahatma Gandhi begins a hunger strike against the way Hindu untouchables are treated
- Sep 22 Hungarian government of Károlyi falls
FDR Visits Los Angeles
Sep 24 New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Los Angeles, California
- Sep 25 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
- Sep 25 Poona Act signed by Madan Mohan Malaviya and B R. Amedkar in India, reserving legislative seats for depressed classes (untouchables)
Bill of Divorcement
Sep 29 Film "Bill of Divorcement" starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn, directed by George Cukor premieres at the Mayfair
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 2 Emil Richards [Radocchia], American session and touring vibraphonist and percussionist (George Shearing; Frank Sinatra; Lalo Schifrin; Frank Zappa; George Harrison; Harry Partch; Shadowfax), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2019)
- Sep 2 Walter Davis Jr., American hard bop pianist (Davis Cup, Illumination), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1990)
- Sep 3 (Granville) "Mickey" Roker, American jazz drummer (Art Farmer; Milt Jackson; Dizzy Gillespie), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2017)
- Sep 3 Eileen Brennan, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
- Sep 3 Richard Tyler, American actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), born in New York City
- Sep 4 Bevo Francis, American basketball forward (NCAA record for points scored in a game [113] 1954–2012), born in Hammondsville, Ohio (d. 2015)
- Sep 4 Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican politician (5th Governor of Puerto Rico), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Sep 4 Dinsdale Landen, British actor (The Mask of Janus), born in Margate, Kent, England (d. 2003)
- Sep 4 Vince Dooley, American College Football HOF coach (NCAA C'ship, AFCA Coach of the Year, Eddie Robinson COY; AD University of Georgia 1979-2004), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2022)
- Sep 6 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer, ondes Martenot player, and educator, born in Saguenay, Quebec (d. 2017) [1]
- Sep 7 John Paul Getty Jr., American-born British oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), born onboard a ship in the waters near Genoa, Italy (d. 2003)
Patsy Cline (1932-1963)
Sep 8 American country singer ("Crazy"; "I Fall To Pieces"; "Walkin' After Midnight"), born in Winchester, Virginia
- Sep 10 Bo Goldman, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Melvin and Howard), and playwright, born in New York City (d. 2023)
Bob Packwood (91 years old)
Sep 11 American attorney and politician (U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1969-95), born in Portland, Oregon
- Sep 11 Ian Hamer, British jazz trumpeter and session musician (Beatles - "Got To Get You Into My Life"; Top of the Pops studio band), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2006)
- Sep 11 Peter Anderson, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle), born in Devonport, England (d. 2009)
- Sep 11 Sonny Callahan [Herbert Leon Callahan], American politician (Rep-R-Alabama 1985-2003), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2021)
- Sep 12 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan's inaugural Test squad), born in Amritsar, Punjab, India (d. 2020)
- Sep 13 Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist and composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2013)
- Sep 13 Bronius Kutavičius, Lithuanian composer (The Gates of Jerusalem; Lokys) and teacher (Čiurlionis School of Art, 1975-2000), born in Molainiai, Lithuania (d. 2021)
- Sep 14 Harry Sinden, Canadian NHL player and coach (Team Canada), born in Weston, Ontario, Canada
- Sep 14 John Tembo, Malawian politician (President of the Malawi Congress Party), born in Dedza District, Malawi (d. 2023)
- Sep 14 Joshua Culbreath, American 400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1956), born in Norristown, Pennsylvania
- Sep 16 Joan Tabor, American actress (Teenage Millionaire), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (d. 1968)
- Sep 16 Mickey Stewart, English cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50, Surrey CCC) and team manager (England 1986-92), born in Herne Hill, England
- Sep 17 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1972-95), born in Rayyan (d. 2016)
- Sep 17 Tom Young, American basketball coach (American Uni, Rutgers Uni, Catholic Uni, Old Dominion Uni), born in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
- Sep 18 Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33), born in Tomsk, Russia (d. 2002)
- Sep 18 Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32/34, 35/37), born in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia
- Sep 19 Mike Royko, American journalist (Chicago Daily News) and author (Boss), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
- Sep 21 Don Preston, American rock and jazz keyboard player (Mothers Of Invention/Frank Zappa, 1966-74), born in Flint, Michigan
Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009)
Sep 22 Swedish world heavyweight boxing champion, born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Sep 23 Sergio Brighenti, Italian soccer forward (9 caps; Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria), born in Modena, Italy (d. 2022)
- Sep 24 Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian, born in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada
- Sep 24 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
- Sep 24 Terry Davies, Welsh rugby union full back (21 Tests Wales, 2 British & Irish Lions; Swansea, Llanelli), born in Llwynhendy, Wales (d. 2021)
- Sep 25 Andrew Gardner, British newscaster (News at Ten), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (d. 1999)
- Sep 25 Glenn Gould, Canadian classical pianist (Bach's Goldberg Variations) and broadcaster (Solitude Trilogy), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1982)
- Sep 25 Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer (Tottenham Hotspur), born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
- Sep 26 Clifton Williams, American Marine Corps major and NASA astronaut, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1967)
- Sep 26 Giacomo Manzoni, Italian composer, born in Milan, Italy
Manmohan Singh (91 years old)
Sep 26 Indian politician, 13th Prime Minister of India (2004-14), born in Gah, British India
- Sep 26 Richard Herd, American actor (V: The Final Battle), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
- Sep 26 Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer and dissident (Moscow 2042), born in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2018)
- Sep 27 Geoff Bent, English soccer fullback (Manchester United 12 games; died Munich air disaster), born in Salford, Lancashire (d. 1958)
- Sep 27 Mario Bertoncini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2019)
- Sep 27 Oliver Williamson, American economist (Nobel Prize for Economics 2009), born in Superior, Wisconsin (d. 2020)
- Sep 27 Peter Holmes, British businessman, Chairperson of Royal Dutch Shell, born in Athens (d. 2002)
- Sep 27 Roger C. Carmel, American actor (Harry Mudd-Star Trek, In-Laws), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1986)
- Sep 27 Yash Chopra, Indian director (Waqt), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2012)
- Sep 28 Michael G. Coney, English-Canadian sci-fi author (Cat Karina), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2005)
- Sep 28 Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
- Sep 29 Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish TV executive (Channel 4) and opera company manager (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1987-96), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Sep 29 Mehmood [Ali], Indian actor, singer, director and producer (Do Phoo!, Vardaan), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2004)
- Sep 29 Peter Stormonth Darling, Scottish investment banker (Mercury Asset Management Group, largest fundmanagement the UK), (d. 2019)
- Sep 29 Rainer Weiss, American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2017, LIGO), born in Berlin, Germany
- Sep 29 Robert Benton, American screenwriter and director (Kramer vs Kramer), born in Waxahachie, Texas
- Sep 29 Ronald B. Kitaj, American-British painter and graphic artist (pop art), born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio (d. 2007)
- Sep 30 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- Sep 30 Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo), born in Suma-ku, Kobe, Japan (d. 2022)
Famous Weddings
Ray Milland
Sep 30 Actor and director Ray Milland (27) weds Muriel Frances Weber
Famous Deaths
- Sep 5 Francisco Acebal, Spanish novelist, playwright and journalist (b. 1866)
- Sep 5 Paul Bern, German-American director, producer and husband of Jean Harlow, found dead with a gunshot wound at 42
- Sep 10 Percy Fletcher, British composer, dies at 52
- Sep 11 Franciszek Żwirko, Polish pilot (co-winner of 'Challenge 1932'), dies in a plane crash at 36
- Sep 11 Stanislaw Wigura, Polish airplane designer and aviator (co-winner of international 'Challenge 1932'), dies in a plane crash at 31
- Sep 13 Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer, dies at 77
- Sep 13 Paul Gorguloff, Russian murderer of French President Paul Doumer, beheaded at 37
- Sep 14 Jean Cras, French pianist, career naval officer, and composer (Polyphème; Harp Quintet), dies of cancer at 53
- Sep 15 Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76
- Sep 16 (Millicent) "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress, commits suicide at 24 [1]
- Sep 16 Ronald Ross, British pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dies at 75
- Sep 20 Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
- Sep 20 Wovoka [Jack Wilson], American Indian leader of the Paiute and visionary (Ghost Dance religious movement), dies at 75 or 76
