Sports History
Sep 1 SF Giants reliever Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in US MLB; on debut, the Osuki native throws a scoreless inning in a 4-1 loss v New York Mets
World Record
Sep 12 American long jumper Ralph Boston sets then world record 27' 4 1⁄4" (8.34m) at Los Angeles, California
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 13 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Roy Emerson beats fellow Australian Fred Stolle 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 for his 3rd Grand Slam title of the year
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 13 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil wins her 3rd US singles title; dominates American Carole Graebner 6-1, 6-0
- Sep 17 The Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 by baseball team owner Charles Finley for a concert at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri on a scheduled day off; the group adds the song "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" to their standard setlist, much to the delight of the crowd
Sports History
Sep 17 Yankee Mickey Mantle gets career hits #1999, 2000 & 2001 & his 450th HR in 6-2 victory over Los Angeles Angels at New York
- Sep 20 20th America's Cup yachting: Eric Ridder skippered Constellation beats English challenger Sovereign for a 4-0 American series sweep off Newport, RI
- Sep 26 Braves (25) & Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
- Sep 27 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
- Sep 27 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
- Sep 28 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
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Tennis Champions