Events Date 1969 September | History by KabAstro

Event of Interest

Sep 1 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposes King Idris in the Libyan revolution

Libyan Revolutionary and Dictator Muammar Gaddafi

Telethon

Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 4th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

Sep 2 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage New York Yankees at $65,000 a season, then the biggest salary in MLB
Sep 2 The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
Sep 5 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections

Music History

Sep 6 John Kander and Fred Ebb's "Cabaret" closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 1166 performances and 8 Tony Awards

Musical Theater and Film Composer John Kander

F1 World Champion

Sep 7 Scottish Matra-Ford driver Jackie Stewart wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; his 6th F1 win of the season

Sep 8 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya

Sports History

Sep 8 US amateur Men's Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian Margaret Court wins her third US singles title & 16th Grand Slam singles event; beats Nancy Richey 6-2, 6-2

Tennis Player and Two-Time Major Champion Nancy Richey

Sep 9 Allegheny Airlines flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills all 83 occupants
Sep 9 The Official Languages Act comes into force in Canada - making English and French the country's official languages (replaced 1988 by new Official Languages Act) [1]

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony Roche 7-9, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to claim his record second Grand Slam

Sep 9 WCVN TV channel 54 in Covington, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 10 NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
Sep 10 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
Sep 11 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

Scooby-Doo Where are You

Sep 13 "Scooby-Doo Where are You" by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US

Sep 13 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title

Music Premiere

Sep 13 Plastic Ono Band's 1st live performance, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival

Rocker, Blues Guitarist and Singer-Songwriter Eric Clapton

Sports History

Sep 13 San Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player

Sep 14 Male voters of Swiss Canton Schaffhausen reject female suffrage

Sports History

Sep 15 MLB St. Louis Cardinals Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game

Music History

Sep 18 American singer Tiny Tim (37) and Victoria "Miss Vicki" Budinger (17) get engaged

Sep 19 UCLA fires professor Angela Davis for being a communist; termination was overturned in court and she was later fired for using inflammatory language

Davis Cup

Sep 20 58th Davis Cup: American pair Bob Lutz & Stan Smith clinch final 8-6, 6-1, 11-9 over Ilie Năstase & Ion Țiriac of Romania in Cleveland, OH; ends 5-0

Sep 20 John Lennon privately announces to Paul and Ringo (George was not there) that he is leaving "The Beatles" at a London business meeting
Sep 20 MLB Pittsburgh Pirate Bob Moose no-hits NY Mets, 4-0

Ryder Cup

Sep 20 Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Birkdale GC: US, Great Britain tie, 16-16; great sporting gesture, America's Jack Nicklaus concedes missable 3-foot putt to Tony Jacklin at the 18th hole for the draw

Sep 20 Virtual 'cartoon' band Archies' single "Sugar Sugar" hits #1
Sep 21 NY Jet Steve O'Neal punts 98 yards against Denver Broncos
Sep 21 Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8)
Sep 22 "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
Sep 22 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC

Baseball Record

Sep 22 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays, becomes second player to hit 600 home runs

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Sep 23 "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" directed by George Roy Hill and starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford premieres at the Roger Sherman Theater in New Haven, Connecticut

Sep 23 1st broadcast of "Marcus Welby MD" on ABC-TV

Music History

Sep 23 Northern Star and Illinois Univ newspaper start rumors that Paul McCartney is dead

Music History

Sep 24 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati

Sep 24 NY Mets clinch NL East pennant
Sep 24 Ton Duc Thang is elected President of North Vietnam
Sep 24 Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem National Conv) begins
Sep 26 Apple Records releases The Beatles 11th studio album "Abbey Road", their final recordings as a quartet; tops the charts in 11 countries
Sep 26 Bolivia military coup under general Ovando Candia

The Brady Bunch

Sep 26 TV sitcom "The Brady Bunch" created by Sherwood Schwartz premieres on ABC in the US

Sep 26 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Sep 28 Minnesota vs Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
Sep 28 NFL Minnesota Vikings QB Joe Kapp passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts in 52-14 home win
Sep 28 SPD wins West German Parliament elections
Sep 29 "Bright Promise" TV Daytime Soap; debuts on NBC-TV
Sep 29 "Letters To Laugh-In" debuts on NBC-TV
Sep 29 "Love American Style" premieres on ABC-TV
Sep 29 "Name Droppers" debuts on NBC-TV
Sep 29 "Sale Of Century" debuts on NBC-TV
Sep 29 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Sep 29 Jackie DeShannon gets Gold Record for "Put Little Love in Your Heart"
Sep 29 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
Sep 29 Steve O'Neal of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver
Sep 30 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant