Historical Events
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Sep 1 TV Series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" premieres on Amazon Prime Video
- Sep 2 Attempted assassination of Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner fails when the gun jams outside her home in Buenos Aires [1]
- Sep 2 Russian state-controlled energy firm Gazprom indefinitely suspends supplies of natural gas to Germany and Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, amid accusations of weaponizing its energy supplies [1]
Sports History
Sep 3 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams plays her final match at the US Open, going down 7-5, 6-7, 6-1 to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in a third round match in New York
Music Concert
Sep 3 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Wembley Stadium, London, England; performers include: Stewart Copland; Rush; The Pretenders; Paul McCartney; and Queen
Music History
Sep 5 Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from COVID
Event of Interest
Sep 5 UK's ruling Conservative party appoints Liz Truss as their next leader and Prime Minister, replacing scandal-ridden Boris Johnson [1]
- Sep 6 Fire in a karaoke bar near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam kills at least 32 [1]
- Sep 7 Discovery of the earliest evidence of surgery from 31,000 year old skeleton with amputated lower leg in a cave in East Kalimantan, Borneo published in "Nature" [1]
- Sep 7 New British Prime Minister Liz Truss appoints her cabinet and for the first time in British politics none of the "great offices of state" are held by white men [1]
- Sep 8 Australian government passes its first climate change legislation in a decade, including cutting emissions by at least 43% by 2030 [1]
- Sep 8 Australian Stephanie Gilmore wins her eighth world surfing title at Lower Trestles, California - making her the most successful women's champion in history
- Sep 8 Europe had the warmest summer ever recorded, 0.4 warmer with August 0.8 warmer according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service [1]
Music History
Sep 8 FBI declassifies 270 pages of their surveillance files of American singer Aretha Franklin
- Sep 8 Ireland begins paying 2,000 artists a weekly wage of €325 in its Basic Income for the Arts scheme, to help the creative arts recover from the pandemic [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 8 Queen Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral Castle after ruling for 70 years, as the UK's longest-serving monarch. Her eldest son inherits the throne as King Charles III. [1]
- Sep 8 UK Prime Minister Liz Truss announces huge support scheme to cap price of energy bills at £2,500 costing up to £150bn amid cost of living crisis [1]
- Sep 10 Best film at 79th Venice international film festival awarded to Laura Poitras’ documentary about photographer Nan Goldin "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 10 U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visits and calls for global support for flood-ravaged Pakistan where 33 million people are displaced and damage is estimated at $30 billion [1]
- Sep 10 US Open Women's Tennis: World #1 Iga Świątek of Poland wins her 3rd major title with a 6–2, 7–6 (7–5) victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur
- Sep 11 Ai Mori wins gold in lead climbing at the IFSC World Cup in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Sep 11 Swedish General Election narrowly won by right-wing coalition defeating sitting center-left government headed by Magdalena Andersson [1]
- Sep 11 Ukraine's military says it has retaken 3,000 sq km during a rapid counter-offensive in eastern Ukraine in the last few days [1]
- Sep 11 US Open Men's Tennis: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeats Casper Ruud of Norway 6–4, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 for his first major title
- Sep 12 74th Emmy Awards: "Succession" Best Drama, "Ted Lasso" Best Comedy, "The White Lotus" Best Limited Series [1]
- Sep 12 Lee Jung-jae, star of "Squid Game" is the first person from a foreign-language show to win an Emmy for best actor in a drama [1]
- Sep 12 Modern slavery (forced labor and forced marriages) has increased by 10 million to 50 million people in the last five years according to the UN's International Labour Organization [1]
- Sep 12 Outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan kills about 100 soldiers [1]
- Sep 12 Queen Elizabeth II's coffin makes a ceremonial procession down the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles' Cathedral where 20,000 people queue to pay their respects [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis send two planes of Venezuelan immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as a political ploy [1]
- Sep 14 Procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to lie in state, with queues of people paying their respects forming 2.4 miles (3.8km) [1]
Summit of Interest
Sep 15 Chinese leader Xi Jinping meets Russian President Vladimir Putin and other regional leaders at a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 15 European parliament says Hungary can no longer be considered a full democracy, saying Viktor Orbán’s government has become a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” [1]
- Sep 15 Patagonia outdoor brand founder Yvon Chouinard, transfers ownership to a non-profit organization so future profits can fight climate change [1]
Sports History
Sep 15 Tennis great Roger Federer announces his retirement from professional tennis at 41 with 20 grand slam wins and 103 ATP titles [1]
- Sep 15 Ukrainian authorities reveal discovery of mass grave of 450 burials near Izyum, some showing evidence of torture, after the withdrawal of Russian forces [1]
- Sep 16 Singing drummer Ringo Starr releases his creatively titled third EP, "EP3"
- Sep 17 Cheetahs re-introduced to India from Namibia, after being extinct 70 years ago, at Kuno National Park in Madya Pradesh state [1]
- Sep 17 Protests erupt in Iran and continue the next few days at the treatment of women, after the funeral of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year old who died in morality police custody [1]
- Sep 18 Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Punta Tocon on Puerto Rico's southwest coast as a Category 1 storm with 85km winds causing catastrophic flooding [1]
- Sep 18 Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Taiwan’s southeastern coast, north of Taitung [1]
Toronto Film Festival
Sep 18 Steven Spielberg's film "The Fabelmans" wins The People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival
- Sep 18 Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest to ever strike Japan, makes landfall on Kyushu island, with winds of 180 km/h (112mph), forcing four million people to evacuate [1]
- Sep 18 US President Joe Biden says “we still have a problem with Covid” and “We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over.” in a CBS TV interview [1]
- Sep 19 Banks in Lebanon close for three days after a series of hold-ups by people trying to obtain their own money, frozen amid the country's economic crisis [1]
- Sep 19 British monarch Queen Elizabeth II interred at Windsor Castle after a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London with an unprecedented 500 world leaders in attendance [1]
- Sep 19 Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes western Mexico on exact anniversary of two previous temblors in 1985 and 2017, killing at least two people, [1]
- Sep 19 Nigerian authorities says over 300 people have died and 100,000 have been displaced by the worse floods in many years [1]
- Sep 19 Scientists discover site of the Amazon's tallest tree, an angelim vermelho at 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) wide, Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil, [1]
World Record
Sep 20 Kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record for the marathon in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds in Berlin (previous record 2:01:39) [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 21 New York Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, alleging widespread fraud through inflating his personal net worth by billions of dollars [1]
- Sep 21 Russian authorities claim 5,397 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine, Westerns sources put the figure at 25,000 to over 80,000 (NY Times) [1]
Event of Interest
Sep 21 Vladimir Putin announces partial mobilization of Russian population, drafting between 300,000 and 1.2m men to fight in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prompting demonstrations around the country [1] [2]
- Sep 22 Catholics at 45.7% outnumber Protestants at 43.48% in Northern Ireland for the first time according to the result of the 2021 census [1]
- Sep 23 British PM Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng release "the mini-budget that broke Britain" containing largest tax cuts. Leads to an economic crisis and the downfall of both.
- Sep 23 Russia holds sham referendums in four partly occupied Ukrainian regions with some Ukrainian citizens voters forced to vote at gunpoint
Baseball Record
Sep 23 St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 2 home runs with 5 RBI in 11-0 win over Dodgers in LA; becomes fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career HRs
Sports History
Sep 23 Tennis great Roger Federer plays his final professional match during Laver Cup in London; teams with friend and rival Rafael Nadal but loses 6–4, 6–7 [9–11] to Americans Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe
Music History
Sep 23 US President Joe Biden awards British singer Elton John with National Humanities Medal
- Sep 24 "Post-tropical storm" remnant of Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Whitehead, Nova Scotia, with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h (103 mph); the strongest low-pressure system in Canadian history affected the four provinces of Atlantic Canada, as well as Quebec, causing major flooding, and knocking out power to 80% of Nova Scotia and 95% of Prince Edward Island
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 24 Farm Aid held in Raleigh, North Carolina; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews. Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow, and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats [1]
- Sep 25 Cuba legalizes same-sex marriage as part of a new family code in a national referendum [1]
- Sep 25 Laver Cup Men's Tennis, London: Team World sweeps final day for 13-8 victory over Team Europe; tournament marks retirement of Roger Federer
- Sep 25 Presidents Cup Golf, Quail Hollow CC: United States win final day singles 6.5-5.5 for a convincing 17.5-12.5 win over the International Team; 9th straight American victory
Snowden Granted Russian Citizenship
Sep 26 Edward Snowden, former US intelligence contractor who exposed NSA surveillance program granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin [1]
- Sep 26 Gunman opens fire on a school in Izhevsk, Udmert Republic in central Russia, killing 17 people including 11 children and injuring 24
- Sep 26 NASA's DART mission successfully crashes into the Dimorphos asteroid in the first planetary defense test [1]
- Sep 26 Probable Russian sabotage on two Nord Stream pipelines, delivering Russian gas to Europe, after seismologists record explosions in Swedish and Danish waters where three leaks appear [1]
- Sep 27 American band "Foo Fighters" and friends hold tribute concert for drummer Taylor Hawkins at Kia Forum, Los Angeles, California; performers include: Joan Jett; Stewart Copland; Rush; Alanis Morissette; Def Leppard with Miley Cyrus; Wolfgang Van Halen; and Queen
Assassination
Sep 27 Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe receives a state funeral at Nippon Budokan Arena, Tokyo, after he was assassinated in July [1]
- Sep 27 Hurricane Ian crosses western Cuba as a category 3 storm, wrecking the country's national grid and leaving the country without power, with three people killed
- Sep 28 Bank of England forced to step in to calm markets after mini-budget with tax-cuts by Kwasi Kwarteng drives the pound to its lowest level against the US dollar (close to $1.03) [1]
- Sep 28 Hurricane Ian makes landfall as a high-end category 4 hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida with winds at 150mph (National Hurricane Center), will go on to kill at least 148 people in FloridaS
Aaron Judge Ties HR Record
Sep 28 New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hits his 61st home run of the season, tying Roger Maris's AL record from 1961 in an 8-3 win over Blue Jays in Toronto
- Sep 30 Hurricane Ian makes another landfall, just south of Georgetown, South Carolina
- Sep 30 In defiance of international law Vladimir Putin announces Russia's illegal annexation of four Ukrainian provinces, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. Despite Russia occupying only part of each region. [1]
Famous Deaths
- Sep 1 Earnie Shavers, American boxer (2 x world heavyweight c'ship challenger [Muhammad Ali 1977, Larry Holmes 1979]), dies at 78
- Sep 4 Bo Brundin, Swedish actor (The Rhinemann Exchange; A Baltic Tragedy), dies at 85
- Sep 4 Boris Lagutin, Russian boxer (Olympic gold USSR light-middleweight 1964, 68; bronze 1960), dies at 84
- Sep 4 John Till, Canadian rock guitarist (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies at 76
- Sep 5 Eva Zeller, German poet and novelist, dies at 99
- Sep 5 Hans Eder, German soccer defender (Hertha BSC) and manager (Hertha BSC 1974, 79, 85), dies at 87
- Sep 5 Lars Vogt, German concert pianist, conductor, and educator, dies of cancer at 51
- Sep 5 Mark Littell, American MLB pitcher, 1973-82 (Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals), writer, and inventor, dies following heart surgery at 69
- Sep 6 Dan Schachte, American ice hockey linesman (Canada Cup 1991; World Cup of Hockey 1996; Winter Olympics 2002; Stanley Cup Finals 1997, 98, 2000, 01, 02), dies from diabetes complications at 64
- Sep 6 Guy Morriss, American football coach (Kentucky, Baylor, Texas A&M–Commerce) and guard (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 71
- Sep 7 Anne Garrels, American broadcast journalist (ABC; NBC; NPR), dies of lung cancer at 71
- Sep 7 Bernard Shaw, American television news journalist (CBS, ABC), and 1st anchor of CNN, dies of pneumonia at 82 [1]
- Sep 7 Marsha Hunt, American actress (Born to the West; Cry 'Havoc'; Johnny Got His Gun), and human rights and peace activist, dies at 104
- Sep 7 Piet Schrijvers, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (46 caps; FC Twente, AFC Ajax 269 games), dies at 75
- Sep 8 Dave Smith, Scottish soccer manager (Mansfield Town, Southend United, Plymouth Argyle, Dundee, Torquay United), dies at 88
Elizabeth II (1926-2022)
Sep 8 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (country's longest reigning monarch 1952-2022), dies at 96
- Sep 8 Gwyneth Powell, British actress (Grange Hill - "Mrs. McClusky", dies of surgical complications at 76
- Sep 10 Frank Cignetti Sr., American College Football HOF coach (West Virginia Uni, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; career college record 199–77–1), dies at 84
- Sep 10 William Klein, American-French photographer (1957 Prix Nadar), dies at 96
- Sep 11 Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive), dies at 92
- Sep 11 Javier Marías, Spanish translator and novelist (Corazón Tan Blanco - A Heart So White), dies of pneumonia at 70 [1]
- Sep 12 Harry Landis, British stage director and character actor (EastEnders, 1995-97 - "Felix"; Friday Night Dinner, 2012-14 - "Mr. Morris"), dies at 90
- Sep 12 Ramsey Lewis, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop pianist ("The In Crowd"; "Wade in the Water"), dies at 87 [1]
- Sep 13 Horacio Accavallo, Argentine boxer (undisputed WBA & WBC flyweight titles 1966-68), dies at 87
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
Sep 13 French director (Alphaville; Hail Mary; Breathless), dies at 91
Ken Starr (1946-2022)
Sep 13 American lawyer who investigated sitting US President Bill Clinton (Starr Report), dies from complications after surgery at 76
- Sep 14 Bill Pearl, American bodybuilder (5 x Mr. Universe), dies from Parkinson's disease at 91
- Sep 14 Géza Csapó, Hungarian sprint canoeist (6 x World C'ship gold; Olympic silver K-1 1000m 1976, bronze 1972), dies at 71
- Sep 14 Henry Silva, American character actor (Ocean's 11; The Manchurian Candidate; Sharky's Machine), dies at 95
- Sep 14 Irene Papas (neé Lelekou), Greek actress (Zorba the Greek; Attila The Hun; The Guns of Navarone), dies at 96
- Sep 15 Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 65
- Sep 15 John Stearns, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1977, 79, 80, 82; New York Mets), dies from prostate cancer at 71
- Sep 16 Allen Aylett, Australian Rules football midfielder (North Melbourne FC 220 games) and executive (president North Melbourne FC 1971-76, 2001-05; chairman VFL 1977-84), dies at 88
- Sep 16 Luciano Vassallo, Eritrean soccer midfielder (104 caps Ethiopia; Cotton Factory Club 1960-73) and manager (Ethiopia, Cotton FC), dies at 87
- Sep 16 Mahsa Amini, Iranian women whose death sparks nationwide protests, dies at 22 in suspicious circumstances allegedly after being beaten in by Iranian Morality Police [1]
- Sep 17 Maarten Schmidt, Dutch-American astronomer who first identified a quasar, dies at 92
- Sep 18 Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold 57kg 1956, 62kg 1960; World C'ship gold 1954, 57, 59), dies at 91
- Sep 19 Julien Rascagnères, French rugby league referee (10 Tests), dies at 77
- Sep 19 Maury Wills, American baseball shortstop (7 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1962, World Series 1959, 63, 65; LA Dodgers), dies at 89
- Sep 19 Vladimir Golubev, Russian soccer defender (3 caps USSR; Zenit Leningrad 335 games) and manager (Zenit Leningrad), dies at 72
- Sep 19 [Robin] "Robert" Brown, American actor (Here Come the Brides - "Jason"; Primus), and author, dies at 95
- Sep 21 Anton Fier, American drummer (The Feelies; The Lounge Lizards; The Golden Palominos), and record producer, dies at 66
- Sep 21 Darrell Mudra, American College Football HOF coach (Adams State, North Dakota State, Uni of Arizona, Western Illinois Uni, Florida State, Eastern Illinois Uni; Montreal Alouettes), dies at 93
- Sep 22 Brother Andrew [Andrew van der Bijl], Dutch Christian missionary (Open Doors), dies at 94
- Sep 22 Hilary Mantel, English novelist (Wolf Hall), dies after a stroke at 70
- Sep 22 Tim Hankinson, American soccer coach (Alabama A&M, Syracuse University; Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids), dies from cancer at 67
Louise Fletcher (1934-2022)
Sep 23 American Academy Award-winning actress (One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest; Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), dies at 88 [1]
- Sep 24 (Farrell) "Pharoah" Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups), and composer (Karma), dies at 81 [1]
- Sep 24 Andon Boshkovski, Macedonian handball coach (Georgia 2017-19, Macedonia [ass't] 2008-13), dies at 47
- Sep 24 Pavel Pervushin, Russian weightlifter (World C'ship gold 110kg 1973; 15 x WRs), dies at 75
- Sep 25 Andrés Prieto, Chilean soccer forward (16 caps; Universidad Católica, Español) and manager (Universidad Católica, Liverpool FC, Bolívar, Real Santa Cruz), dies at 93
- Sep 25 James Florio, American politician and author of federal 'Superfund' legislation (49th Governor of New Jersey, 1990-94; US Representative from New Jersey, 1975-90), dies of heart failure at 85 [1] [2]
- Sep 25 Rafael Chimishkyan, Georgian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR 60kg 1952; World C'ship gold 60kg 1954, 55), dies at 93
- Sep 26 Ronney Pettersson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (17 caps; IFK Skövde, Djurgårdens IF, Hudiksvalls ABK), dies at 82
- Sep 26 Tom Reed, American college football coach (Miami University, North Carolina State University), dies at 77
- Sep 26 Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Muslim scholar ("Sharia and Life" on Al Jazeera), dies at 96
- Sep 27 Bruno Bolchi, Italian soccer midfielder (4 caps; Inter, Verona, Atalanta, Torino) and manager (AC Cesena, Bari, Messina, Genoa), dies at 82
Coolio (1963-2022)
Sep 28 American Grammy Award-winning singer-rapper (Gangsta's Paradise), dies of accidental drug overdose at 59
- Sep 30 François Remetter, French soccer goalkeeper (26 caps; RC Strasbourg, FC Metz, FC Sochaux), dies at 94
- Sep 30 Kevin Locke [Tȟokéya Inážiŋ], Lakota Native American flute player, storyteller, educator, and cultural ambassador, dies at 68
- Sep 30 Marvin Powell Jr., American College Football HOF offensive tackle (USC; First-team All-Pro 1979, 82; 5 x Pro Bowl; NY Jets, TB Buccaneers), dies of heart failure at 67
- Sep 30 Rick Redman, American College Football HOF linebacker (University of Washington; AFL All-Star 1967; San Diego Chargers), dies at 79
- Sep 30 Robin Marlar, English cricket spin bowler (Cambridge University CC, Sussex CCC) and journalist (The Sunday Times; "The Story of Cricket"), dies at 91
- Sep 30 Yury Zaitsev, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR 110kg 1976), dies at 71
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