US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 1 Australian John Newcombe becomes 1st male top-seed to lose in US Open 1st round when beaten by eventual finalist Jan Kodeš 6-2, 6-7, 6-7, 3,-6
Sports History
Sep 1 Pittsburgh Pirates start what is believed to be first all-black line-up (including several Latinos) in MLB history‚ in 10-7 win v Philadelphia Phillies; includes future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell
- Sep 1 Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
- Sep 1 The Irish Republican Army set off a series of bombs across Northern Ireland injuring a number of people
- Sep 2 NY's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
- Sep 2 Teenage debutants Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their first matches at the US Open Tennis Championships at Forest Hills
- Sep 2 There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party
- Sep 3 A baby girl and an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier are killed in separate shooting incidents in Northern Ireland
- Sep 3 Manlio Brosio resigns as secretary general of NATO
- Sep 3 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
- Sep 3 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office in Los Angeles, but failed to find his file
- Sep 4 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
- Sep 5 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
- Sep 5 NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
Meeting of Interest
Sep 6 British Prime Minister Edward Heath meets with Irish Prime Minister/Taoiseach Jack Lynch at Chequers in England to discuss the situation in Northern Ireland
Telethon
Sep 6 Jerry Lewis' 6th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $8,125,387
Event of Interest
Sep 6 William Craig and Ian Paisley speak at a rally in Belfast before a crowd of approximately 20,000 people and call for the establishment of a 'third force' to defend 'Ulster'
Imagine
Sep 9 Apple Records releases John Lennon's second solo studio album, "Imagine" in US; it tops the charts in US, UK, Australia, and 3 other countries
- Sep 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
- Sep 9 NHL great Gordie Howe retires (for the first time), after 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings
- Sep 10 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 Egypt adopts its constitution
- Sep 11 Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
Two by Two
Sep 11 Richard Rodgers and Martin Charnin's musical "Two by Two", starring Danny Kaye, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 343 performances
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an all-American final Billie Jean King beats doubles partner Rosemary Casals 6-4, 7-6
- Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: American Stan Smith wins first career Grand Slam event; beats Czech star Jan Kodeš 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6
- Sep 13 11 guards & 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
Baseball History
Sep 13 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
Event of Interest
Sep 13 Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
- Sep 13 Two North Ireland Loyalists are mortally injured when the bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely in a house in Bann Street, Belfast
- Sep 13 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 13 World Hockey Association forms
- Sep 14 Cleveland Indians & Washington Senators, play 20 innings
- Sep 14 Two British soldiers are killed in separate shooting incidents in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- Sep 15 1st broadcast of "Columbo" starring Peter Falk on NBC
- Sep 16 6 Ku Klux Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
- Sep 16 A number of Unionists resign over the proposed tripartite talks involving Northern Ireland, the UK, and the Republic of Ireland
Brandt Meets Brezhnev
Sep 16 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
Event of Interest
Sep 18 Momofuku Ando markets the first Cup Noodle, packaging it in a waterproof polystyrene container
- Sep 18 Ryder Cup Golf, Old Warson CC: US beats Europe, 18½-13½; after leading by 1 match, GB loses all Friday morning 4-ball matches to lose momentum
- Sep 19 New York City Marathon: inaugural women's race won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22; 2nd men's race won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
- Sep 21 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
- Sep 22 OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the US dollar
- Sep 22 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 23 2 members of the Official Irish Republican Army are killed in a premature bomb explosion
Event of Interest
Sep 23 Jan Vermeer's painting "The Love Letter" is stolen from The Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels by a 21-year-old thief
- Sep 24 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
- Sep 24 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
- Sep 24 Houston Astros beat San Diego Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
Sports History
Sep 26 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
- Sep 26 MP David Bleakley resigns in protest over the introduction of Internment and the lack of any new political initiatives by the Northern Ireland government
- Sep 26 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 Tripartite talks involving the prime ministers of Northern Ireland, Britain, and the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland take place at Chequers, England
- Sep 27 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 28 Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty after 15 years refuge in US Embassy in Budapest is allowed to leave the country
- Sep 28 NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
- Sep 28 UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
- Sep 29 "McMillan & Wife" debuts on NBC-TV
- Sep 29 Cyclone & tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000
- Sep 29 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
- Sep 29 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
- Sep 29 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 30 -11/6] 3rd bishop synod held in Rome
- Sep 30 Ian Paisley and Desmond Boal launch the [Ulster] Democratic Unionist Party
- Sep 30 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
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