- Sep 1 The Carolina Panthers outgun the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season NFL game at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Sep 1 Vinny Testaverde completes 19 from 33 for 254 yards as the Baltimore Ravens beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14 in their NFL debut at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore
- Sep 2 A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.
Telethon
Sep 2 Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Sep 2 Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC) designed by Oscar Niemeyer inaugurated in Niterói, Brazil
- Sep 2 Soyuz TM-24, lands
- Sep 3 Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)
- Sep 4 13th MTV Video Music Awards: Alanis Morrissette and The Smashing Pumpkins win
- Sep 5 Following US cruise missile strikes on Iraq, crude oil prices rise as the market speculates when Iraq will begin exporting oil under UN Resolution 986
Film & TV History
Sep 5 Revival of Tennessee Williams' stage drama "Summer and Smoke", starring Harry Hamlin and Mary McDonnell, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 53 performances
Sports History
Sep 6 Baltimore Orioles' Eddie Murray's 500th career HR
Music History
Sep 7 Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 7 US Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf retains her title; beats Monica Seles 7-5 6-4 for her 5th and final US singles crown
- Sep 8 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker win
- Sep 8 American children's program "Blue's Clues" debuts on Nickelodeon cable channel
Seven Guitars
Sep 8 August Wilson's drama "Seven Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, NYC, after 188 performances
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 8 US Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras retains his title; beats fellow American Michael Chang 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
Baseball Record
Sep 14 As' Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
- Sep 14 England Test cricket fast bowler Dean Headley equals WR by taking his 3rd hat-trick of the English County season for Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury
- Sep 14 NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
- Sep 14 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
- Sep 15 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
President's Cup
Sep 15 Presidents Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Mark O'Meara and David Duval are undefeated as US edges International team, 16½-15½
Sports History
Sep 15 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34
- Sep 16 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
Film & TV History
Sep 16 Courtroom reality show "Judge Judy" with Judge Judith Sheindlin premieres in the US
- Sep 16 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City, Florida on WTBB 97.7 FM
Baseball Record
Sep 16 MLB Minnesota Twins' Paul Molitor becomes 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
- Sep 16 NASA launches Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17)
- Sep 17 Dodger Hideo Nomo no-hits Colorado Rockies, 9-0 at Coors Field
Baseball Record
Sep 18 Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts
Music History
Sep 19 David Hare's play "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC, starring Michael Gambon
The First Wives Club
Sep 20 Paramount Pictures releases cult revenge comedy "The First Wives Club" starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton, and directed by Hugh Wilson
Treaty of Interest
Sep 24 US President Bill Clinton signs the "Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty" at the United Nations
- Sep 25 The last of the Magdalen Asylums closes in Ireland.
Baseball Record
Sep 26 SF Giant Barry Bonds is 2nd player to hit 40 HRs & steal 40 bases
- Sep 26 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands
- Sep 27 Baltimore Oriole Roberto Alomar spits in face of umpire John Hirschbeck
- Sep 27 In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
- Sep 27 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
- Sep 28 1st ODI played in Kenya between home team & Sri Lanka
- Sep 28 Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear
- Sep 28 Nebraska & Penn State are 5th & 6th major colleges to win 700
- Sep 28 NY Yankee Jim Leyitz is 2nd catcher to wear a hockey mask
- Sep 28 Orioles' Roberto Alomar suspended 5 games for spitting at ump
- Sep 28 Troy Davis of Iowa State ran for 378 yards, 3rd highest in college football games (others: Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas & Alabama)
- Sep 29 "Delicate Balance" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC
- Sep 29 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
1st Alanis Morissette US Tour
Sep 29 Alanis Morissette ends her 1st US tour in Houston Texas
- Sep 29 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
Federation Cup
Sep 29 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Atlantic City, NJ: Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends, 5-0) and 15th title
- Sep 29 Houston Astro's retire Nolan Ryan's #34
- Sep 29 Nintendo 64 video game system debuts in USA (3 months after Japan)
- Sep 29 Orioles Brady Anderson is 14th to hit 50 HRs
- Sep 29 San Diego Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title
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