Historical Events
Sports History
Sep 1 Bill Elliott claims a $1 million bonus for winning 3 of the 4 crown jewel races on the NASCAR schedule: the Daytona 500, Winston 500 and Southern 500
- Sep 1 Dutch cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes the oldest road race elite world champion at 38 years, 8 months, 29 days; beats Greg Lamonde & Marino Argentin in Giavera del Montello
- Sep 1 US-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
Telethon
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
- Sep 3 20th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-I): Discovery 6 returns to Earth
- Sep 3 England cricket swing bowler Richard Ellison with 5 for 76 helps dismiss Australia for 129 in 6th Test win at the Oval; England regains Ashes 3-1
Baseball Record
Sep 3 NY Mets catcher Gary Carter smashes 3 consecutive HRs in an 8-3 win v San Diego Padres at Jack Murphy Stadium
- Sep 4 NY Mets catcher Gary Carter's 2 HRs in a 9-2 win in San Diego ties MLB record of 5 HRs in 2 games
- Sep 4 Russian Igor Paklin sets new high jump world record at 2.41m in Kobe, Japan
Sports History
Sep 6 Mark Messier loses control of his Porsche and totals three cars, and would later be charged with hit and run and careless driving (he would pay a fine)
- Sep 6 Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9 crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
- Sep 7 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney runs US 3K female record (8:25.83)
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis: Hana Mandlíková beats Martina Navratilova 7-6, 1-6, 7-6 for her first US title
- Sep 8 "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
- Sep 8 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose, California
- Sep 8 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
- Sep 8 Shuttle Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Czech star Ivan Lendl wins his first US title; beats NYC home town favourite John McEnroe 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
Event of Interest
Sep 9 President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa
- Sep 9 Race riot in Birmingham, England
- Sep 10 U.S. 7th Circuit Court rules Soviet defector Walter Polovchak can't be forcibly returned to parents' country if it's deemed "not in the best interests" of underage defectors
- Sep 11 Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
- Sep 11 Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
- Sep 11 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
- Sep 12 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds
Video Music Awards
Sep 13 2nd MTV Video Music Awards: Don Henley, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, and USA for Africa win
- Sep 13 John Williams introduces new Today Show theme
Film & TV History
Sep 13 Super Mario Bros game first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo
The Golden Girls
Sep 14 "The Golden Girls", starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC
- Sep 14 10th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Official Story" directed by Luis Puenzo wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 14 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
- Sep 15 MLB New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
Event of Interest
Sep 15 Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government
- Sep 15 Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: Europe beats US, 16½-11½; first US loss since 1957; Sam Torrance clinches for Europe beating Andy North, 1 up
- Sep 17 Soyuz T-14 carries 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station
Music History
Sep 18 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Song and Dance", starring Bernadette Peters, opens at Royale Theater, NYC; runs for 474 performances and a Tony Award for Peters
- Sep 18 BBC Radio reports prime # 2^216091-1 found in Houston
- Sep 18 TV spy/crime drama "The Equalizer" starring Edward Woodward debuts in the US on CBS
- Sep 19 8.1 earthquake in Mexico City kills an estimated 10,000 and leaves 250,000 homeless
- Sep 20 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
- Sep 20 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest
Event of Interest
Sep 21 American CIA case officer Edward Lee Howard flees to Russia after being identified as a KGB agent
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 21 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion
- Sep 22 37th Emmy Awards: "Cagney & Lacey", "The Cosby Show" and Tyne Daly win
Sports History
Sep 22 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 22 First Farm Aid benefit concert, Champaign, Illinois; organized by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp; performers included Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Hoyt Axton, Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, and Emmylou Harris [1]
The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
Sep 22 French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius appears on TV to confess "Agents of the DGSE sank this boat [Rainbow Warrior]. They acted on orders.”
- Sep 22 St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
- Sep 22 The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
- Sep 24 Apollo Computer Inc lays off 300 employees
- Sep 24 Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
Baseball Record
Sep 24 Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th), and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice
- Sep 25 Akali Dal wins Punjab State election in India
- Sep 25 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
Baseball Record
Sep 25 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
Music History
Sep 28 "Don't Lose My Number" by Phil Collins peaks at #4
- Sep 28 "Every Step Of The Way" single by John Waite peaks at #25
- Sep 28 "Freedom" by Wham! peaks at #3
- Sep 28 "Janet" by Commodores peaks at #87
- Sep 28 NASA launches Intelsat VA F-12
- Sep 28 Riots in Brixton, London, rompted by police shooting of Dorothy Groce by police
- Sep 29 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," returns to NBC-TV
Amazing Stories
Sep 29 "Amazing Stories" by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV
- Sep 29 "MacGyver" starring Richard Dean Anderson, debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 29 1st of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies
- Sep 29 Deron Cherry, Kansas City vs Seattle, has 4 interceptions!
- Sep 29 Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
Howard Stern Fired
Sep 30 Howard Stern gets fired from New York City radio station WNBC-AM
Album Release
Sep 30 Island Records releases "Rain Dogs", the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Tom Waits; the album features guitarist Marc Ribot, guest appearances from Keith Richards, and one of Waits' most covered songs, "Downtown Train"
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Eli-Mac [Camile Velasco], Filipino-American pop singer (American Idol), born in Makati, Philippines
- Sep 3 Kelvin Wilson, English footballer, born in Nottingham, England
- Sep 3 Scott Carson, English footballer, born in Whitehaven, England
- Sep 4 Kaillie Humphries, Canadian-American bobsledder (Olympic gold 2-woman [Canada] 2010, 14; monobob [USA] 2022), born in Calgary, Alberta
- Sep 5 Ryan Guy, American soccer player, born in Carlsbad, California
- Sep 5 Tatia Jayne Starkey, Ringo Starr's 1st grandchild, born in London, England
- Sep 6 Alberto Valerio, Brazilian racing driver, born in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Sep 6 Ali Ashfaq, Maldivian footballer, born in Malé, Maldives
- Sep 6 Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedienne (Orange is the New Black), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Sep 6 Webbie [Webster Gradney, Jr.], American rapper, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Sep 7 Alyssa Diaz, American actress (The Rookie), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 7 Radhika Apte, Indian actress (Lust Stories), born in Vallore, India
- Sep 7 Rafinha [Márcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza], Brazilian footballer, born in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Sep 8 Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant (Miss Jamaica Universe 2010), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Sep 9 J.R. Smith, American basketball player, born in Freehold, New Jersey
Luka Modrić (38 years old)
Sep 9 Croatian footballer (Real Madrid C.F.) and captain of Croatia, born in Zadar, Croatia, Yugoslavia
- Sep 11 Shaun Livingston, American basketball player, born in Peoria, Illinois
- Sep 11 Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Sep 12 Champian Fulton, American jazz pianist and singer (Birdsong), born in Norman, Oklahoma
- Sep 12 Jack Wilkinson, English footballer (Hartlepool United), born in Beverley, England
- Sep 14 Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer, born in Nerima, Tokyo
- Sep 14 Delmon Young, American baseball player, born in Montgomery, Alabama
- Sep 14 Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium), born in Miami, Florida
- Sep 16 Madeline Zima, American actress (The Nanny, Californication), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Sep 16 Nicole Shanahan, American tech entrepreneur and political candidate with Robert F. Kennedy, born in Placer County, California
Alex Ovechkin (38 years old)
Sep 17 Russian ice hockey player (Moscow Dynamo; Washington Capitals) who is one of the greatest goal scorers of all time, born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Sep 17 Brendan Clarke, Irish Soccer Player with St. Patrick's Athletic
- Sep 17 Jon Walker, American musician (Panic! at the Disco), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 17 Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
- Sep 17 Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player (13 ATP Tour titles), born in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic
- Sep 18 Pete Cashmore, Scottish blogger (Mashable), born in Banchory, Scotland
Brittany Lincicome (38 years old)
Sep 19 American golfer (ANA Inspiration 2009, 15), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Sep 19 Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor (Space Sweepers), born in Daejeon, South Korea
- Sep 20 David Allen, American composer and writer
- Sep 20 Moisés Fuentes, Mexican boxer (WBO minimumweight title 2011-13; WBO interim junior flyweight title 2013-14), born in Mexico City (d. 2022)
- Sep 21 Joe Wicks, British fitness coach, TV presenter (The Body Coach), and author (Lean in 15), born in Epsom, Surrey, England
- Sep 21 Maryam Hassouni, Dutch actor
- Sep 22 Aaron Diehl, American jazz pianist, and composer (Three Streams of Expression), born in Columbus, Ohio
- Sep 22 Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer, born in Brussels, Belgium
- Sep 22 Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress (Orphan Black), born in Regina, Saskatchewan
- Sep 23 Brian Brohm, American football player
Hasan Minhaj (38 years old)
Sep 23 American stand-up comedian (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj), born in Davis, California
- Sep 23 Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer, born in Ahvaz, Iran
- Sep 23 Jared High, American victim of bullying (d. 1998)
- Sep 23 Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player (NY Yankees), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Sep 23 Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer, born in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 25 Lucky Daye [David Brown], American singer-songwriter (Table for Two), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Sep 26 Lenna Kuurmaa, Estonian pop-rock singer and guitarist (Vanilla Ninja - "Tough Enough"), born in Tallinn, Estonia
- Sep 28 Mouni Roy, Indian actress (Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva), born in Cooch Behar, India
- Sep 29 Calvin Johnson, American College Football Hall of Fame wide receiver (Detroit Lions, 6-time Pro Bowl), born in Newnan, Georgia
- Sep 29 Candice LeRae, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Riverside, California
Famous Weddings
- Sep 18 Comedian Jeff Foxworthy (27) weds Pamela Gregg at New York City's Central Park
Famous Divorces
Ken Follett
Sep 20 Welsh novelist Ken Follett (36) divorces Mary Emma Ruth Elson; after 17-1/2 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 James Pitman, British educator and spelling reformer (Alphabets and Reading: The Initial Teaching Alphabet), dies at 84
- Sep 1 Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
- Sep 2 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer striker (47 caps; SC Heerenveen 395 games, SC Enschede, Enschedese Boys), dies at 64
- Sep 3 (Jonathon) "Jo" Jones, American jazz drummer, and percussionist (Count Basie), dies of pneumonia at 73
- Sep 3 John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
- Sep 4 George O'Brien, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Human), dies of a stroke at 85
- Sep 4 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
- Sep 4 Robert McCormick, American NBC newscaster (Current Opinion), dies at 74
- Sep 6 Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery, American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist, singer, and composer ("Crescent City Blues"), dies at 79
- Sep 6 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
- Sep 6 Johnny Desmond [Giovanni De Simone], American radio and big band singer (Bob Crosby; Gene Krupa; Your Hit Parade; Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra),dies of cancer at 65 [1]
- Sep 6 Leon Orthel, Dutch pianist and composer, dies at 79
- Sep 7 Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, American College-Pro Football HOF tackle (Ole Miss; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 5 × NFL All-Star; Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers, Fleet City, NY Yankees), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 70
- Sep 8 John Franklin Enders, American microbiologist (1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for culturing poliovirus, developed measles vaccine), dies at 88
- Sep 8 Manuel Ivo Cruz, Portuguese composer and founder of Philharmonic Orchestra of Lisbon, dies at 84
- Sep 9 Paul Flory, American chemist (1974 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on polymers), dies at 75
- Sep 9 Rod Funseth, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1978), dies from cancer at 52 [1]
- Sep 10 Alexa Kenin, American actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23
- Sep 10 Ernest Julius Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist known for his studies of meteors and the structure and evolution of the cosmos, dies at 91
- Sep 10 Jock Stein, Scottish soccer manager (Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian, Scotland [1965, 78-85], Celtic, Leeds United), dies from a pulmonary edema at 62
- Sep 11 Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler, dies jumping from a plane to his death with $15 million in cocaine at 40
- Sep 11 Masako Natsume [Odate], Japanese actress and model (Tripitaka in "Monkey"), dies of leukemia at 27
- Sep 11 William Alwyn, English composer, dies at 79
- Sep 13 Dane Rudhyar [Daniel Chennevière], French-American composer, author, and astrologist dies at 90
- Sep 15 (Charles) "Cootie" Williams, American jazz, jump-blues, and R&B trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1929-40 & 1962-74), dies of kidney problems at 74
- Sep 17 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, dies by falling down the stairs of her daughter's home at 60
- Sep 18 Gerald Holtom, British artist and graphic designer (Nuclear Disarmament (ND) logo, which later became an international peace symbol), dies at 71
- Sep 19 Italo Calvino, Italian author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 61
- Sep 21 Gu Long, Taiwanese writer of wuxia novels (b. 1937)
- Sep 22 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
- Sep 22 Dickie Henderson, British comic and actor, dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
- Sep 23 Charles Phillips, British archaeologist who lead the Sutton Hoo excavation, dies at 84
- Sep 23 Mickey Simpson, American actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
- Sep 25 Albert Moeschinger, Swiss composer, dies at 88
- Sep 25 William Cumming Rose, American biochemist who discovered threonine (an amino acid), dies at 98
- Sep 27 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
- Sep 29 Benjamin Markarian, Armenian astrophysicist (Markarian galaxies), dies at 71
- Sep 30 Charles F. Richter, American physicist and seismologist (developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake magnitude), dies at 85
- Sep 30 Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American spy writer (Agent in Place; The Salzburg Connection), dies of complications from a stroke at 77
- Sep 30 Herbert Bayer, Austrian-American Bauhaus trained graphic artist (invented Universal typeface), photographer and designer, dies at 85 [1]
Simone Signoret (1921-1985)
Sep 30 German-French BAFTA, Emmy, and Academy Award- winning actress (Room at Top; Diabolique), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
