- Sep 1 German sprinter Armin Hary wins the coveted 100m gold medal in 10.2 at the Rome Olympics; first non-American to win the event since 1928
- Sep 1 US 4 x 100m medley relay team swims world record 4:05.4 to beat Australia and win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Frank McKinney, Paul Hait, Lance Larson & Jeff Farrell
- Sep 1 US 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy & Jeff Farrell swim world record 8:10.2 to beat Japan by 3.3 seconds and win gold medal at the Rome Olympics
- Sep 2 American Mike Troy swims 200m butterfly world record 2:12.8 to win the gold medal from Australian Neville Hayes at the Rome Olympics
Olympic Gold
Sep 2 American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins the coveted 100m gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 11.0; beats Britain's Dorothy Hyman by 0.3; 1st of 3 gold medals for Rudolph
- Sep 2 New Zealand middle distance runner Peter Snell claims first of 3 career Olympic gold medals when he wins the 800m in Rome
- Sep 2 Tamara & Irina Press (Soviet Union) become first sisters to win Olympic gold medals; Tamara wins Rome Olympics shot put one day after Irina takes out 80m hurdles
- Sep 2 The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
- Sep 2 William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
- Sep 3 Livio Berruti of Italy runs a world record 20.5 to win the gold medal in the 200m at the Rome Olympics
- Sep 3 US women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood & Chris von Saltza swim world record 4:08.9 to beat Australia by 2.4 seconds and win gold medal at Rome Olympics
- Sep 4 -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in the Caribbean & US
Sports History
Sep 5 A. J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories at Du Quoin, Illinois. State Fairgrounds
Olympic Gold
Sep 5 Cassius Clay [Muhammad Ali] beats 3-time European champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland by unanimous points decision to win Olympic light heavyweight boxing gold medal at the Rome Games
Olympic Gold
Sep 5 Future world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti of Italy beats Yuri Radonyak of the Soviet Union to win welterweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics
Election of Interest
Sep 5 Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the 1st President of Senegal
Event of Interest
Sep 5 President of Congo Joseph Kasa-Vubu fires Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
- Sep 6 American Otis Davis runs a world record 44.9 to win the gold medal in the 400m at the Rome Olympics; German Carl Kaufmann records same time but ruled second via photo finish
- Sep 6 Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott breaks his own world record in winning the 1,500m at the Rome Olympics in 3:35.6
- Sep 6 In a famous victory American decathlete Rafer Johnson scores Olympic record 8,392 points to win the gold medal in Rome; beats rival & friend C.K. Yang of China by 58 points
- Sep 7 American weightlifter Charles Vinci wins 2nd consecutive bantamweight gold medal at the Rome Olympics with world-record equalling 3-lift (snatch, clean & jerk, overhead press) total of 345.0 kilograms
- Sep 7 Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrøm wins the Finn class at the Rome Olympics; his 4th straight Olympic gold medal in the category
- Sep 7 Future Constantine II, last King of Greece, wins Dragon class sailing gold medal at the Rome Olympics
- Sep 7 Japan wins the men's gymnastics teams combined exercises gold for the first of 5 consecutive Olympics at the Rome Games; beats Soviet Union by just 2.5 points
- Sep 7 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
- Sep 8 American sprinter Wilma Rudolph wins her third gold medal of the Rome Olympics anchoring the US 4 x 100m relay team; earlier won 100/200m double
- Sep 8 German 4 x 100m relay team equal world record 39.5 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf & Martin Lauer
- Sep 8 German Democratic Republic limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
Psycho
Sep 8 Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
- Sep 8 US 4 x 400m relay team of Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis & Otis Davis run a world record 3:02.2 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics
- Sep 9 Denver Broncos beat Boston Patriots, 13-10 in the American Football League's first game before 21,597 fans at Nickerson Field in Boston
- Sep 9 Pakistan ends India's run of 6 consecutive Olympic field hockey gold medals with a 1-0 win over their sub-continent rivals at the Rome Games
Olympic Gold
Sep 10 Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia runs WR 2:15:16.2 barefoot to take out the men's marathon at the Rome Olympics; Africa's first ever Olympic gold medal
- Sep 10 Fencer Aladár Gerevich is part of the gold medal winning Hungarian sabre team at the Rome Olympics; Gerevich's 6th consecutive gold medal in the event
Olympic Gold
Sep 10 Future Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas scores 23 points as the US wins its 5th straight men's basketball Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 drubbing of Brazil at the Rome Games
Olympic Gold
Sep 10 Gymnastics competition at the Rome Olympics concludes with the Soviet Union taking 10 of the 15 gold medals; Soviet gymnasts Boris Shakhlin & Larisa Latynina win 3 gold medals each
Sports History
Sep 10 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
- Sep 10 Yugoslavia dominates Denmark 3-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Rome Olympics
- Sep 11 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
- Sep 11 The Young Americans for Freedom, meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr., promulgate the Sharon Statement
- Sep 12 "Vintage '60" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC for 8 performances
Event of Interest
Sep 12 John F. Kennedy states he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Church, and neither does the Church speak for him.
- Sep 13 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
Music History
Sep 14 Dmitri Shostakovich becomes member of Communist Party of USSR
- Sep 14 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Event of Interest
Sep 14 Joseph-Desiré Mobutu launches a bloodless coup d'état in the Congo, declaring President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Patrice Lumumba to be "neutralised" and establishing a new government of university graduates
- Sep 14 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Maurice Richard Retires
Sep 15 Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.
- Sep 16 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
- Sep 16 Milwaukee Braves' future HOF pitcher Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0 at County Stadium
- Sep 17 Cuba nationalizes US banks
- Sep 17 Musical revue "Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre, NYC, after 8 performances
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 17 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Neale Fraser wins 2nd straight US title; beats Rod Laver 6-4, 6-4, 9-7
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 17 US National Championship Women's Tennis: American Darlene Hard wins her first US singles title; beats defending champion Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-4, 10-12, 6-4
Event of Interest
Sep 19 "LIFE" magazine celebrates artist Anna Mary "Grandma" Moses' 100th birthday by putting her on their cover
The Twist Dance Craze
Sep 19 Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
- Sep 20 UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
- Sep 20 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 22 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
- Sep 24 International Development Association (UN agency) comes into existence
- Sep 24 USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launched
- Sep 25 For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
- Sep 25 NY Yankees clinch AL pennant
- Sep 25 Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses
- Sep 26 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
Castro's Four Hour Speech
Sep 26 Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hour and 29 minute long speech at the United Nations
- Sep 27 Europe's 1st "moving pavement" (travelator), opens at Bank station on the London Underground
- Sep 28 "Millionaire" last airs on CBS-TV
- Sep 28 "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" by Connie Francis hits #1
- Sep 28 "Queen For A Day" moves to ABC-TV
- Sep 28 "Sunrise at Campobello" premieres at Palace theater
Baseball Record
Sep 28 Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)
- Sep 29 "Johnny Ringo" TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
- Sep 29 "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
- Sep 29 "Outlaws" TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
- Sep 29 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
- Sep 29 Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort's musical "lrma La Douce" opens at Plymouth Theater, later transferring to the Alvin, NYC; runs for 527 performances
The Flintstones
Sep 30 "The Flintstones" the first animated sitcom created by Hanna-Barbera premieres on ABC in the US
- Sep 30 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
- Sep 30 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
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