Historical Events
Bradman Scores 149no
Sep 4 Australian cricket super-batsman Don Bradman scores 149 not out in just 104 minutes (17 fours, 4 sixes) in drawn tour match v England XI at Folkestone
Scientific Discovery
Sep 5 American pilot Wiley Post discovers the jet stream while flying at high altitude near Chicago
- Sep 8 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle bound for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die
- Sep 12 "L'Atalante", French film directed by Jean Vigo, starring Michel Simon, Dita Parlo and Jean Dasté, is released
- Sep 12 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against USSR
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 12 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Englishman Fred Perry retains title; beats Wilmer Allison of the US 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6
World Series Rights Deal
Sep 13 MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000
- Sep 17 USSR joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switzerland & Portugal vote no)
- Sep 18 St Louis Brown Bobo Newsom loses no-hitter to Boston in 10, 2-1
- Sep 18 USSR admitted to League of Nations
- Sep 19 Bruno Haptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby
- Sep 21 St Louis Cardinals pitching Dean brothers shut-out Brooklyn Dodgers in a doubleheader; Dizzy, in a 13-0 rout and Paul, with a 3-0 no-hitter
- Sep 21 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island Japan, kills 4,000
- Sep 22 An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers
- Sep 24 Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
The Distaff Side
Sep 25 John Van Druten's comedy play "The Distaff Side" premieres in NYC
Lou Gehrig's 1,500th Game
Sep 25 Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
- Sep 25 Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup
- Sep 26 British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched; "wins" Blue Riband for fastest passenger crossing of Atlantic, 1936 & 1938-52; retired in 1967, permanently moored and converted to a hotel in Long Beach, California
Judge Priest
Sep 28 "Judge Priest" film directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers is released
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Terepai Maoate, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1999-2002), (d. 2012)
- Sep 2 Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, born in Potsdam Germany (d. 2015)
- Sep 2 Michael Sahl, American contemporary classical composer (Civilization and its Discontents; Jungles), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
- Sep 3 Freddie King, American blues singer ("Hideaway"; "Have You Ever Loved A Woman"), born in Gilmer, Texas (d. 1976)
- Sep 3 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
- Sep 4 Carlos Timoteo Griguol, Argentine soccer midfielder (Atlanta, Rosario Central) and manager (Ferro Carril Oeste, Real Betis, River Plate), born in Las Palmas, Argentina (d. 2021)
Clive Granger (1934-2009)
Sep 4 Welsh-born British economist (Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences 2003), born in Swansea, Wales
- Sep 5 Carol Lawrence, American actress (West Side Story), born in Melrose Park, Illinois
- Sep 6 Jody McCrea, American actor (Ben Matheson-Wichita Town), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
- Sep 6 Ragaa al-Gedawy, Egyptian actress (The Stranger), born in Ismailia, Egypt (d. 2020)
- Sep 7 Bill Giles, American baseball owner (Philadelphia Phillies 1981-2013; honorary National League President), born in Rochester, New York
- Sep 7 Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], American blues singer and guitarist ("We're Gonna Make It"; "Grits Ain't Groceries"), born in Inverness, Mississippi (d. 2005)
- Sep 7 Mary Bauermeister, German artist, born in Frankfurt
- Sep 7 Omar Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon (1990-92, 2004-05), born in An Nouri (d. 2015)
- Sep 8 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), born in Manchester, England (d. 2016)
- Sep 8 Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician, born in Sainte-Croix, Quebec
- Sep 9 Sonia Sanchez, American playwright and poet (The Bronx is Next), born in Birmingham, Alabama
- Sep 10 Charles Kuralt, American newscaster (On the Road), born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1997)
- Sep 10 James L. Oberstar, American politician (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1975-2011), born in Chisholm, Minnesota, (d. 2014)
- Sep 10 Larry Sitsky, Australian composer, born in Tianjin. China
- Sep 10 Maxie Anderson, American hot air balloonist (1st Trans-Atlantic crossing, 1978' 1st Trans-North America crossing, 1980; 1st Trans-Pacific crossing, 1981), born in Sayre, Oklahoma (d. 1983)
Roger Maris (1934-1985)
Sep 10 American baseball right fielder (7-time MLB All Star, 61 HRs 1961), born in Hibbing, Minnesota
- Sep 10 Vassil Kazandjiev, Bulgarian composer, born in Rousse
- Sep 11 Ian Abercrombie, English actor (Birds of Prey, Desperate Housewives), born in Grays, Essex, England (d. 2012)
- Sep 11 Norma Croker, Australian sprinter, born in Brisbane, Australia (d. 2019)
- Sep 11 Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, born in Little Burgundy, Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 12 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Sep 12 Glenn Davis, American athlete (Olympic gold 1956,60), born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (d. 2009)
- Sep 12 Gunther Gebel-Williams, animal trainer and lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus), born in Świdnica, Poland (d. 2001)
- Sep 12 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, born in Daegu, South Korea (d. 2019)
- Sep 13 Bill Woolsey, American swimmer (Olympic gold men's 4×200m freestyle relay 1952, silver 1956), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2022)
- Sep 14 Dicky Maegle [born Moegle], American College Football HOF halfback (Rice Uni; Pro Bowl 1955, SF 49ers) and broadcaster (color announcer Houston Oilers), born in Taylor, Texas (d. 2021) [1]
- Sep 14 Hans Faverey, Dutch poet, born in Paramaribo, Suriname (d. 1990)
- Sep 14 Kate Millett, American feminist and author (Sexual Politics), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2017)
- Sep 14 Sarah Kofman, French philosopher, born in Paris (d. 1994)
- Sep 15 Fred Nile, Australian politician and minister, born in Sydney, Australia
Elgin Baylor (1934-2021)
Sep 16 American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (11 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1959; Minneapolis/LA Lakers), born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 16 Eva Clayton, American politician (Rep-D-North Carolina), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Sep 16 George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
- Sep 16 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2008)
Maureen Connolly (1934-1969)
Sep 17 American tennis player (1st women's Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), born in San Diego, California
Brian Epstein (1934-1967)
Sep 19 English music entrepreneur and manager (Beatles), born in Liverpool, England
Sophia Loren (89 years old)
Sep 20 Italian actress (La Ciociara; Desire Under the Elms; Black Orchid), born in Rome, Italy
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)
Sep 21 Canadian writer and singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah"; "Death of Ladies Man"; "Suzanne"), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Sep 22 Lute Olson, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Uni of Iowa 1974-83; NCAA Division I Tournament 1997, Uni of Arizona 1983-2008), born in Mayville, North Dakota (d. 2020)
- Sep 23 Joe Tarsia, American audio engineer and studio owner (Sigma Sound Studio), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
- Sep 23 John Mortimore, English soccer defender (Chelsea 249 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)
- Sep 23 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer (Hour of the Lynx, The Royal Physician’s Visit), born in Hjoggbole, Sweden (d. 2020)
- Sep 24 Bernard Nevill, British textile designer, born in London, England (d. 2019)
- Sep 24 John Brunner, Britsih sci-fi author (100th Millennium), born in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)
- Sep 24 Manfred Wörner, German general and Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1994)
- Sep 24 Robert Lang, English actor (Night Watch), born in Bristol, England (d. 2004)
- Sep 24 Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer (Stockport County), born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
- Sep 25 Jean Sorel, French actor (The Day of the Jackal), born in Marseille, France
- Sep 25 John S. Bull, American naval officer and NASA astronaut, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2008)
- Sep 25 Struther Arnott, Scottish molecular biologist and chemist (cancer research), born in Larkhall, Lanarkshire (d. 2013)
- Sep 26 Dick Heckstall-Smith, British jazz-blues saxophonist, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England (d. 2004)
- Sep 26 Raphael Samuel, British Marxist historian, born in London (d. 1996)
- Sep 27 Barbara Howar, American reporter (Washington Post; Entertainment Tonight), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Sep 27 Claude Jarman Jr, American actor (Rio Grande, Inside Straight), born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Sep 27 Dick Schaap, American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, journalist, and author (Bo Knows Bo: Instant Replay), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
- Sep 27 Greg Morris, American actor (Mission: Impossible), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1996)
- Sep 27 Wilford Brimley, American actor (Gus-Our House, Cocoon), born in Salt Lake City Utah (d. 2020)
Brigitte Bardot (89 years old)
Sep 28 French actress, model, animal activist and sex symbol (And God Created Woman), born in Paris, France
- Sep 28 Janet Munro [Horsburgh], British actress (The Crawling Eye; Swiss Family Robinson), born in Blackpool, England (d. 1972)
- Sep 28 Walter Blum, American HOF jockey who won 4,382 races including 1971 Belmont Stakes; US Champion Jockey by wins 1963, 64, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2024)
- Sep 29 Lance Gibbs, West Indian cricket spin bowler (79 Tests, 309 wickets, BB 8/38; British Guyana, South Australia CA, Warwickshire CCC), born in Georgetown, British Guyana
- Sep 29 Lindsay Kline, Australian cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2015)
- Sep 29 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Hungarian- American psychologist (concept of "flow"), born in Rijeka, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2021)
- Sep 30 Anna Kashfi [Joan O'Callaghan], Welsh actress and 1st wife of actor Marlon Brando, born in Darjeeling, India (d. 2015)
- Sep 30 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), born in Klagenfurt, Federal State of Austria (now Austria) (d. 2014)
Famous Weddings
Leo Durocher
Sep 27 American baseball player and manager Leo Durocher (28) weds American socialite and businesswoman Grace Dozier; divorce in 1943
- Sep 29 Cult horror actor Rondo Hatton weds seamstress Mabel Housh
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 (Alcide) "Yellow" Nunez, American New Orleans jazz clarinetist, dies of a heart attack at 50 [1]
- Sep 2 (Ruggiero) "Russ" Columbo, American pop baritone singer ("You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love"), songwriter ("Prisoner of Love"), actor (Wake Up And Dream), and violinist, is accidentally shot to death at 26
- Sep 2 James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player All Black, dies at 73
- Sep 9 Roger Fry, English artist and art critic, dies at 67
- Sep 10 George Henschel, German-British baritone, pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 84
- Sep 12 Catherine Breshkovsky 'Babushka' Russian Socialist (one of founders Socialist Revolutionary Party, considered Grandmother of Russian Revolution), dies at 90
- Sep 15 David Vaughan Thomas, Welsh musician and composer, dies at 61
- Sep 17 Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, dies at 79
- Sep 18 Marie Shotwell, American actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
- Sep 22 Cecil Chubb, English barrister, gifted monument Stonehenge to the British nation, dies at 58
- Sep 24 Edwin H. Lemare, British organist and composer (Andantino in D-flat, also known as "Moonlight and Roses"), dies at 69
