Historical Events
- Sep 1 Indo-Pakistani conflict - Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,)
Sports History
Sep 2 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in Chicago's 5-3 win v St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays' 400th HR in 1963
- Sep 2 Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends
- Sep 3 Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
- Sep 3 Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels
- Sep 3 Rolling Stone concert at the Adelphi Theater in Dublin, Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot
- Sep 4 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 4 Rock group The Who's van is vandalized with $10,000 worth of equipment stolen; group was inside the Battersea Dogs Home, buying a guard dog at the time
- Sep 4 The Beatles' single "Help!" goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- Sep 6 India invades West Pakistan, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War
- Sep 6 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 7 -10] Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Mississippi & Louisiana
- Sep 7 China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border
- Sep 8 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida
Baseball History
Sep 8 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
Sep 8 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast
Event of Interest
Sep 9 François Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
Baseball Record
Sep 9 LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his 4th career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
- Sep 9 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
- Sep 10 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 10 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
- Sep 10 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Beatles' "Help!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
- Sep 11 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
- Sep 11 The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam
Emmy Awards
Sep 12 17th Emmy Awards: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Dick Van Dyke win
- Sep 12 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith wins her second of 5 US singles titles; beats American rival Billie Jean Moffitt 8-6, 7-5
- Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Spaniard Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale of South Africa 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 for his lone US singles crown
- Sep 12 WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Yesterday
Sep 13 Beatles release single "Yesterday" - just Paul, with a strings arranged by George Martin
- Sep 13 Beatles win their 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
- Sep 13 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
Baseball History
Sep 13 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
Otis Blue
Sep 15 Volt/Stax records releases Otis Redding's third studio album "Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul" in the US, Atlantic releases it in the UK; frequently ranked on top album lists
- Sep 16 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
David Bowie's Name Change
Sep 16 British singer Davie Jones changes his stage name to "David Bowie" to avoid confusion with the Monkee of the same name
- Sep 16 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany
- Sep 17 CBS premiere of WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes"
- Sep 17 WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
Get Smart
Sep 18 Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's spy spoof sitcom "Get Smart" starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt, debuts on NBC-TV
Sports History
Sep 18 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
I Dream of Jeannie
Sep 18 TV sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
- Sep 19 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections
- Sep 20 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 21 O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250')
- Sep 21 Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations.
- Sep 22 India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
- Sep 24 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
- Sep 24 Saudi Arabian & Egyptian accord over Yemen
- Sep 24 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
- Sep 25 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 220 performances
Sports History
Sep 25 60-year-old Satchel Paige of Kansas City Athletics pitches 3 scoreless innings
- Sep 25 Beatle cartoon show begins in US
- Sep 25 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
LPGA Championship
Sep 26 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 stroke from Clifford Ann Creed
- Sep 26 Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1
- Sep 28 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
- Sep 28 Taal Volcano explodes on Luzon in the Philippines, killing an estimated 100 people
- Sep 29 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
- Sep 29 St L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleve (49-13)
- Sep 29 WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Baseball History
Sep 30 LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
Famous Birthdays
Lennox Lewis (58 years old)
Sep 2 British/Canadian boxer (Olympic gold super-heavyweight 1988, undisputed world heavyweight champion 1999), born in London, England
- Sep 2 Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
Charlie Sheen (58 years old)
Sep 3 American actor (Wall St, Platoon), born in New York City
- Sep 3 Vaden Todd Lewis, American musician (Toadies), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Sep 4 Greg Fidelman, American guitarist, sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions), and record producer (Metallica)
- Sep 5 César Rincón, Colombian matador, born in Bogotá, Colombia
- Sep 5 Chris Gore, American filmmaker, born in Big Rapids, Michigan
- Sep 5 David Brabham, Australian auto racer (3 x 24 Hours of Le Mans; American Le Mans Series 2009, 10; 4 x 12 Hours of Sebring; Bathurst 1000 1997), born in London, England
- Sep 5 Tony Martin, American NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers), born in Miami, Florida
- Sep 6 Christopher Nolan, Irish handicapped writer (Under Eye of Clock), born in Mullingar, Ireland (d. 2009)
- Sep 6 John Polson, Australian actor (The Sum of Us) and film director, born in Sydney, Australia
- Sep 7 Andreas Thom, German footballer (Dynamo Berlin), born in Rüdersdorf, East Germany
- Sep 7 Bruce Armstrong, American NFL offensive tackle (NE Patriots), born in Miami, Florida
- Sep 7 Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer (won European Golden Boot Award 1991), born in Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
- Sep 7 Ron Blake, American jazz saxophonist, (SNL band; Christian McBride Big Band; Art Farmer), bandleader, composer, and music educator (Juilliard), born in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Sep 9 Brenda Epperson, American actress (Ashley Abbott-Young & Restless), born in North Hollywood, California
- Sep 9 Dan Majerle, American NBA guard (Miami Heat), born in Traverse City, Michigan
- Sep 9 Todd Zeile, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, LA Dodgers, Texas Rangers, NY Mets) and broadcaster (SportsNet New York), born in Los Angeles, California
Bashar al-Assad (58 years old)
Sep 11 President of Syria (2000-) and dictator, born in Damascus, Syria
- Sep 11 Graeme Obree, Scottish racing cyclist (World Hour Record 1993, 94; World C'ships gold 4000m pursuit 1993, 95), born in Nuneaton, England
- Sep 11 John Schofield, British BBC journalist (shot and killed reporting in Croatia) (d. 1995)
- Sep 11 Moby [Richard Hall], American musician (Play; 18), born in Harlem, New York
- Sep 11 Paul Heyman, American entertainment producer and wrestling manager, born in Westchester County, New York
- Sep 12 Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian cartoonist, designer and TV host, born in Greåker, Sarpsborg, Norway
- Sep 12 Joe Schmidt, New Zealand rugby union coach (Leinster; Ireland: 6 Nations C'ship 2014, 15, 18; Grand Slam 2018; Triple Crown 2018), born in Kawakawa, New Zealand
- Sep 12 John Norwood Fisher, American ska-funk bassist (Fishbone), born in California
- Sep 12 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
- Sep 13 Annie Duke, American poker player, born in Concord, New Hampshire
- Sep 13 Jeffrey Ross, American stand-up comedian, born in Springfield, New Jersey
- Sep 13 Zak Starkey, English rock drummer (Oasis; The Who), son of Beatle Ringo Starr, born in London, England
Dmitry Medvedev (58 years old)
Sep 14 Russian politician (President and Prime Minister of Russia), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
- Sep 14 Troy Neel, American baseball player, born in Freeport, Texas
- Sep 16 Katy Kurtzman, American actress (Lindsay-Dynasty), born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 16 Lorne Spicer, British TV presenter, born in Upminster, United Kingdom
- Sep 17 Bryan Singer, American film and television director (The Usual Suspects), born in New York City
- Sep 17 Guy Picciotto, American punk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rites of Spring; Fugazi), born in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 17 Kyle Chandler, American actor (Friday Night Lights), born in Buffalo, New York
- Sep 17 Yuji Naka, Japanese video game programmer (Sonic the Hedgehog), born in Hirakata, Japan
- Sep 18 Uğur Şahin, German immunologist (BioNTech - created 1st mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19), born in İskenderun, Turkey
- Sep 19 Alexandra Vandernoot, Belgian actress (Highlander: The Series), born in Brussels, Belgium
- Sep 19 Debbye Turner, Miss America (1990) and TV host, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sep 19 Katrina McClain, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1996), born in Charleston, South Carolina
- Sep 19 Sabine Paturel, French singer (Les Bêtises) and actress, born in Toulon, France
- Sep 19 Sunita Williams, American NASA astronaut and naval officer (set record most spacewalks by a woman), born in Euclid, Ohio
- Sep 19 Tim Scott, American politician (Senator-R-South Carolina 2013-, Rep-R-SC 2011-13), born in North Charleston, South Carolina
- Sep 20 Robert Rusler, American actor (Game of Love, Vamp, Thrashin'), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Sep 21 Markus Grosskopf, German heavy metal bassist, singer, and songwriter (Helloween), born in Hamburg, West Germany
- Sep 21 Richard Brown, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
- Sep 22 Andy Cairns, Irish musician, born in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland
- Sep 22 Mark Guthrie, American MLB pitcher, 1989-2003 (Minnesota Twins, LA Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and 6 other teams), born in Buffalo, New York
- Sep 23 Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player (12 x Grand Slam doubles titles; 5 x GS mixed doubles titles; Olympic gold 1996) and broadcaster (Fox Sports, ESPN), born in Adelaide, South Australia
- Sep 24 Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot; Great White; Rough Cutt; House of Lords), born in South Bend, Indiana
Scottie Pippen (58 years old)
Sep 25 American Basketball HOF forward (6 x NBA C'ships Chicago Bulls; 7 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1994; Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Hamburg, Arkansas
- Sep 26 Alexandra Lencastre, Portuguese actress, born in Lisbon, Portugal
Jill Soloway (58 years old)
Sep 26 American writer and director (Afternoon Delight), born in Chicago, Illinois
Petro Poroshenko (58 years old)
Sep 26 Ukrainian candy maker, businessman and President of Ukraine (2014-19), born in Bolhrad, Ukraine, Soviet Union
- Sep 27 Alexis Stewart, American radio personality, born in New York City
- Sep 27 Bernard Lord, Premier of New Brunswick
- Sep 27 Ricky Fuji, Japanese professional wrestler
- Sep 27 Steve Kerr, American basketball guard, head coach (5 NBA titles as player Chicago Bulls, SA Spurs - 3 as coach GS Warriors), born in Beirut, Lebanon
- Sep 27 Thom Browne, American fashion designer (Thom Browne), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
- Sep 28 Ginger Fish, American drummer (Marilyn Manson)
- Sep 29 Fora van Leijenhorst, Curacaos-Dutch dancer (Josephine)
- Sep 29 Iain Baker, English pop musician (Jesus Jones), born in Charshalton, England
- Sep 29 Trent Yawney, Canadian NHL player and coach (Calgary Flames), born in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan
- Sep 30 Kathleen Madigan, American comedian, born in Florissant, Missouri
- Sep 30 Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian, actor of Iranian heritage, born in Chelsea, London
Famous Weddings
Billie Jean King
Sep 17 American future tennis star Billie Jean Moffitt (21) weds American future attorney and sports promoter Larry King (20) in Long Beach, California; divorce in 1987
Danielle Steel
Sep 25 American romance novelist Danielle Steel (18) weds French-American banker Claude-Eric Lazard; separate in 1972, divorce in 1975
Famous Deaths
- Sep 2 Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and writer, dies at 48
- Sep 3 Otto Lederer, Austrian actor (The Jazz Singer), dies at 79
- Sep 4 Albert Schweitzer, German-French theologian and philosopher (Nobel Peace Prize 1954), dies at 90
- Sep 5 Thomas Johnston, Scottish-born politician (b. 1882)
- Sep 6 (Ernest) "Red" Ingle, American jazz and novelty saxophonist, songwriter, arranger and vocalist (Ted Weems; Spike Jones and His City Slickers; The Natural Seven), dies of an internal hemorrhage at 58
- Sep 6 Konstantin G. Mostras, Russian composer, dies at 79
- Sep 7 Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (Behind Office Doors), dies at 62
- Sep 8 Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (Island in the Sun), dies of accidental overdose at 42
- Sep 9 Julián Antonio Carillo Trujillo, Mexican violinist, conductor and composer (D.W. Griffith's Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound), dies at 90
- Sep 10 Father Divine [Reverend Major Jealous Divine], "the Messenger", African American religious leader
- Sep 10 Robert "Bobby" Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42
- Sep 11 Ralph C. Smedley, American Founder of Toastmasters International, dies at 87
- Sep 13 Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (TAC, the Architects' Collaborative), dies of cancer at 50
- Sep 14 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74
- Sep 14 Lydia Mei, Estonian artist who specialized in watercolors and still lifes, dies at 69
- Sep 15 Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75
- Sep 16 Ahn Eak-tai, Korean cellist, composer (Aegukga - national anthem of South Korea), and conductor, dies at 58
- Sep 16 Fred Quimby, American Academy Award-winning animated film producer (Tom and Jerry cartoons), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Sep 18 Marshall Field IV, American newspaper publisher (owned Chicago Daily News), dies at 49
- Sep 22 Biz Mackey, American Baseball HOF catcher (5 × East-West All-Star Game; NgL World Series 1925 Hilldale Daisies, 1946 Newark Eagles), dies at 68
- Sep 22 Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American bridge engineer (George Washington Bridge; Walt Whitman Bridge; Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge), dies at 86
- Sep 25 Nikolai Sokoloff, Russian-American conductor (Seattle Symphony), dies at 79
- Sep 26 James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
- Sep 26 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
Clara Bow (1905-1965)
Sep 27 American silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), dies at 60
