- Sep 1 Indo-Pakistani conflict - Pakistani counter-attack (Operation Grand Slam,)
Sports History
Sep 2 Chicago Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his MLB 400th career HR (off Curt Simmons) in 5-3 win over St. Louis at Wrigley Field; Simmons also gave up Willie Mays' 400th HR in 1963
- Sep 2 Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends
- Sep 3 Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
- Sep 3 Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels
- Sep 3 Rolling Stone concert at the Adelphi Theater in Dublin, Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot
- Sep 4 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 4 Rock group The Who's van is vandalized with $10,000 worth of equipment stolen; group was inside the Battersea Dogs Home, buying a guard dog at the time
- Sep 4 The Beatles' single "Help!" goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
- Sep 6 India invades West Pakistan, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War
- Sep 6 KLNE TV channel 3 in Lexington, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 7 -10] Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Mississippi & Louisiana
- Sep 7 China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border
- Sep 8 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida
Baseball History
Sep 8 Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
Hey, Hey – We're The Monkees
Sep 8 Small ads in Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter attract 437 young men interested in forming the world’s first manufactured boy band, "The Monkees" - 3 are chosen with British actor-singer Davy Jones already having been cast
Event of Interest
Sep 9 François Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
Baseball Record
Sep 9 LA Dodgers future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his 4th career no-hitter and first perfect game in a 1-0 win over the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium
- Sep 9 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
- Sep 10 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 10 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
- Sep 10 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Beatles' "Help!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
- Sep 11 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
- Sep 11 The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam
Emmy Awards
Sep 12 17th Emmy Awards: "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Dick Van Dyke win
- Sep 12 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Smith wins her second of 5 US singles titles; beats American rival Billie Jean Moffitt 8-6, 7-5
- Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Spaniard Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale of South Africa 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 for his lone US singles crown
- Sep 12 WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Yesterday
Sep 13 Beatles release single "Yesterday" - just Paul, with a strings arranged by George Martin
- Sep 13 Beatles win their 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964
- Sep 13 Today Show's 1st totally color broadcast
Baseball History
Sep 13 Willie Mays's 500th HR (off Don Nottebart), Giants 11th straight win
Otis Blue
Sep 15 Volt/Stax records releases Otis Redding's third studio album "Otis Blue - Otis Redding Sings Soul" in the US, Atlantic releases it in the UK; frequently ranked on top album lists
- Sep 16 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0
David Bowie's Name Change
Sep 16 British singer Davie Jones changes his stage name to "David Bowie" to avoid confusion with the Monkee of the same name
- Sep 16 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany
- Sep 17 CBS premiere of WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes"
- Sep 17 WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
Get Smart
Sep 18 Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's spy spoof sitcom "Get Smart" starring Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt, debuts on NBC-TV
Sports History
Sep 18 Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium: Mantle play his 2,000th game
I Dream of Jeannie
Sep 18 TV sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
- Sep 19 Erhards CDU wins West German parliament elections
- Sep 20 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 21 O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest parachute jump (46,250')
- Sep 21 Singapore admitted as part of the United Nations.
- Sep 22 India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
- Sep 24 Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
- Sep 24 Saudi Arabian & Egyptian accord over Yemen
- Sep 24 Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
- Sep 25 "Do I Hear a Waltz?" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 220 performances
Sports History
Sep 25 60-year-old Satchel Paige of Kansas City Athletics pitches 3 scoreless innings
- Sep 25 Beatle cartoon show begins in US
- Sep 25 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
LPGA Championship
Sep 26 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 stroke from Clifford Ann Creed
- Sep 26 Minnesota gains its 1st AL pennant by defeating Washington, 2-1
- Sep 28 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
- Sep 28 Taal Volcano explodes on Luzon in the Philippines, killing an estimated 100 people
- Sep 29 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game & 6 times in one season
- Sep 29 St L Cards Charlie Johnson passes for 6 touchdowns vs Cleve (49-13)
- Sep 29 WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Baseball History
Sep 30 LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
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