- Sep 1 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Sep 1 Gloucestershire beats Sussex by 40 runs in the Gillette Cup cricket final at Lord's to win their first major trophy since the Championship in 1877; South African all-rounder Mike Procter stars with 94 and 2 for 37
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 1 In his first title defense George Foreman retains his WBC & WBA heavyweight crowns when he KOs Jose "King" Roman of Puerto Rico in round 1 in Tokyo, Japan
- Sep 1 Libya nationalizes 51 percent of nine other oil companies' concessions
Sports History
Sep 2 Billy Martin is fired as Detroit Tigers manager due to continual differences with the front office; goes on to manage Texas, Oakland and NY Yankees (in 5 separate stints)
- Sep 2 Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands
Golf Tournament
Sep 3 American golfer Billy Casper finishes at 20-under-par 264 to beat Australian Bruce Devlin by 1 stroke to win the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open; his 50th PGA Tour title
- Sep 3 General Walters ends term as acting director of CIA
Telethon
Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
- Sep 4 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of the CIA
- Sep 5 1st one-day Cricket international for West Indies (vs England) - lose by 1 wicket
- Sep 5 Conference of less developed countries approves forming "producers' associations" and calls for withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Arab lands
- Sep 5 Limited run revival of Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein 2d and Frank Mandelnburg's musical "The Desert Song" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Sep 6 New York Times reports almost all Superfectas run at Yonkers, Roosevelt & Monticello from Jan-Mar of 1973 were fixed
- Sep 7 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner
- Sep 8 "Star Trek - Animated Series" premieres on TV
- Sep 8 Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers
Baseball Record
Sep 8 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
- Sep 8 Rebecca Ann King (23), Miss Colorado, crowned 46th Miss America
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Margaret Court wins her 24th and final Grand Slam singles title; beats fellow Australian Evonne Goolagong Cawley 7-6, 5-7, 6-2
F1 World Champion
Sep 9 4th place finish in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch Jackie Stewart his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Australian John Newcombe wins his second US singles title; beats Jan Kodeš 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Sports History
Sep 10 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton on a 12 round split decision for NABF heavyweight boxing title at the Forum, Inglewood, California
- Sep 10 NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
Coup d'état
Sep 11 Chilean President Salvador Allende, the 1st elected Marxist president of a South America country, is deposed in a military coup led by general Augusto Pinochet
- Sep 12 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
- Sep 12 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
- Sep 13 ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics
- Sep 13 Syrian-Israeli dogfight over Mediterranean Sea
- Sep 13 US Congress passes & sends a bill to President Nixon to lift NFL football's television blackout of sold out games
- Sep 14 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise
- Sep 14 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
Event of Interest
Sep 14 US President Richard Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
- Sep 15 Dutch Guilder devalued by 5%
- Sep 15 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
- Sep 15 OPEC supports price hikes and designates six Gulf countries to negotiate collectively with companies over prices; other members to negotiate individually
World Record
Sep 15 Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles
- Sep 16 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
NFL Record
Sep 16 Buffalo running back O.J. Simpson rushes for a then NFL record 250 yards in the Bills, 31-13 win at New England
Music History
Sep 17 Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" transfers from the Shubert to the Majestic Theater, NYC
Baseball Record
Sep 19 Frank Robinson, Angels OF, homers in record 32nd major league ballpark - Arlington Stadium (Arlington, Texas), against the Rangers
- Sep 19 NL refuses to allow San Diego Padres move to Washington, D.C.
- Sep 19 Pirate Radio Free America (off Cape May NJ) forms
- Sep 19 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Sports History
Sep 20 Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match
Sports History
Sep 20 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
Event of Interest
Sep 21 Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000
Contract of Interest
Sep 21 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000
- Sep 21 NY Mets go into 1st place (at .500) after trailing 12½ games
- Sep 22 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits 3 triples vs Milwaukee Brewers
Event of Interest
Sep 22 Henry Kissinger sworn in as America's 1st Jewish Secretary of State, succeeds William Rogers
- Sep 22 Ryder Cup Golf, Muirfield: US beats Great Britain & Ireland, 19-13; first time 'Ireland' included in team name
Election of Interest
Sep 23 Argentine General Elections - former Argentine President Juan Perón returns to power
- Sep 23 Largest known prime number, 2 ^ 132,049-1, is found with computer aid by David Slowinski; holds as largest until 1985
- Sep 24 West African nation of Portuguese Guinea declares independence from Portugal as the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
- Sep 25 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days
- Sep 25 New York Mets beat Montreal Expos, 2-1 on 'Willie Mays Night' at Shea Stadium, NYC
- Sep 26 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (Washington, D.C. to Paris) in record-breaking time (3h33m).
- Sep 26 Turkey's state of siege ends (after 2½ years)
NBA History
Sep 26 Wilt Chamberlain signs with ABA San Diego Conquistadors
The Way We Were
Sep 27 Barbra Streisand releases single "The Way We Were" (Billboard Song of the Year, 1974)
Baseball Record
Sep 27 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
- Sep 27 Soyuz 12 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit (2 days)
- Sep 27 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Music History
Sep 28 CBS-TV airs singer Cass Elliot's variety show special "Don't Call Me Mama Any More"; guests include Joel Grey, Dick Van Dyke, and Bruno the Bear (aka Gentle Ben)
- Sep 28 ITT Building in New York City bombed to protest ITT's involvement in the September 11 1973 coup d'état in Chile.
- Sep 28 Palestinian Terrorists hijack Austrian train
- Sep 29 "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne" by Looking Glass peaks at #33
- Sep 29 "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
- Sep 29 Insurance ind announces auto racers get into more highway accidents
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Sep 29 Neil Simon's stage comedy "The Prisoner of Second Avenue", starring Peter Falk, Lee Grant, and Vincent Gardenia, closes at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, NYC, after 798 performances
- Sep 29 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth
- Sep 30 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
- Sep 30 New York City Marathon: American Nina Kuscsik retains her crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins men's race in 2:21:54
- Sep 30 New York Yankees close 50th year at Yankee Stadium with an 8-5 loss to Detroit Tigers for an 80-82 season record; manager Ralph Houk resigns
- Sep 30 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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