- Sep 1 KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting
Sports History
Sep 2 Joe Auer returns the opening kickoff 95 yards for a Miami touchdown in the Dolphins' first ever NFL regular-season game; Oakland Raiders go on to win 23-14 at the Orange Bowl before 26,776 fans
Film & TV History
Sep 3 24th World Science Fiction Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
- Sep 3 Houston Oilers hold Denver Broncos to no 1st downs in their NFL season opening 45-7 win at Rice Stadium
- Sep 4 Australian Jack Brabham clinches his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with a 6th place in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza
Telethon
Sep 5 Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1 million
Star Trek
Sep 8 "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
- Sep 8 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
- Sep 8 Star Trek premieres on television with the episode 'The Man Trap'
Event of Interest
Sep 8 The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II
Event of Interest
Sep 9 The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Sep 10 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks in the UK
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 10 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Music History
Sep 10 Neil Diamond has his first Billboard chart success with single "Cherry Cherry"
- Sep 11 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
- Sep 11 Johnny Miller becomes 1st New York Yankee to hit a HR on his 1st MLB at bat; his 2nd HR came on his final MLB at bat in 1969
TV Show Appearance
Sep 11 Rolling Stones 4th appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"; perform 3 songs, including "Paint It Black"
- Sep 12 "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV
- Sep 12 KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 NASA's Gemini XI with Pete Conrad and Richard F. Gordon aboard, launched for 71-hour flight
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 12 US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Maria Bueno of Brazil beats American Nancy Richey 6-3, 6-1 for her 7th and final Grand Slam singles crown
Sports History
Sep 12 US National Championships Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-Australian final Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe 4-6, 12-10, 6-3, 6-4; his second and final major singles title
- Sep 12 Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Michigan begins teaching
- Sep 12 WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast
- Sep 13 Johannes Balthazar Vorster sworn in as premier of South Africa
- Sep 15 Dutch political party (D'66) forms
- Sep 15 First British nuclear ballistic missile submarine HMS Resolution launched
- Sep 15 Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
- Sep 15 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
Metropolitan Opera House
Sep 16 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center, New York with Leontyne Price as Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Samuel Barber
- Sep 17 "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
- Sep 17 Cleveland pitchers set AL record striking out 19 batters in 1st 9 innings
Sports History
Sep 18 Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas throws 4 touchdown passes in 38-23 win at Minnesota to surpass Y.A. Tittle as NFL's career leader with 212; finishes career with 290 TD passes
Music History
Sep 21 Jimmy Hendrix changes spelling of his name to "Jimi"
Delicate Balance
Sep 22 Edward Albee's play "Delicate Balance" premieres in NYC (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1967)
- Sep 22 KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 22 Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game
- Sep 22 Orioles beat A's 6-1 to clinch their 1st AL pennant
- Sep 22 Surveyor 2 crashes on the Moon, and all contact with it is lost
- Sep 24 -30] Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in the Caribbean, Florida & Mexico
- Sep 24 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
Music Concert
Sep 25 Dmitri Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concert premieres in Moscow
LPGA Championship
Sep 25 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC, LV: Gloria Ehret wins her only major title by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Mickey Wright
Baseball Record
Sep 29 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
- Sep 29 The Chevrolet Camaro, originally named Panther, is introduced.
- Sep 30 Bechuanaland, in southern Africa, gains independence from Great Britain, becomes Republic of Botswana
- Sep 30 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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