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 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)
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
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
- 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 15 MLB New York Yankees trade 25-year-old pitching prospect Jim Deshaies to Houston Astros for 40-year-old pitcher Joe Niekro
- 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 20 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 21 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 to become Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Sports History
Sep 22 Billy Martin's right arm is broken by pitcher Ed Whitson
- Sep 22 St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
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
Baseball Record
Sep 25 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
- Sep 29 Houston QB Warren Moon sacked NFL tying record 12 times (by Cowboys)
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