- Sep 1 61st Venice Film Festival: "Vera Drake" directed by Mike Leigh wins Golden Lion
- Sep 1 Beslan school hostage crisis begins as armed terrorists take hundreds of school children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia
Sports History
Sep 1 Sexual assault charge against LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant is dropped by the Eagle County District Attorney's offices in Colorado after the victim decides not to participate
- Sep 3 The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
Film & TV History
Sep 4 Dramatic film "Finding Neverland" about playwright J. M. Barrie's relationship with a family who inspired his creation of Peter Pan, premieres at the Venice Film Festival
- Sep 7 Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
Cricket History
Sep 7 Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid is named Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council
Crash
Sep 10 "Crash" directed by Paul Haggis and starring Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (Best Picture 2006)
- Sep 11 All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria)
- Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: In an all-Russian final Svetlana Kuznetsova wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Elena Dementieva 6-3, 7-5
- Sep 12 Detroit Lions beat the Chicago Bears 20-16 at Soldier Field to snap their NFL-record 24-game road losing streak
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer of Switzerland wins first US title; outclasses Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6, 6-0
- Sep 15 NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
Baseball Record
Sep 17 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hits his 700th career MLB home run, off San Diego's Jake Peavy
- Sep 17 Tamil is declared the first classical language in India.
- Sep 18 29th Toronto International Film Festival: "Hotel Rwanda" directed by Terry George wins the People's Choice Award
Farm Aid Concert
Sep 18 Farm Aid 17 held in Auburn, Washington; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Marc Broussard [1]
Emmy Awards
Sep 19 56th Emmy Awards: The Sopranos, Arrested Development, James Spader and Allison Janney win
Sports History
Sep 19 NFL Oakland Raider wide receiver Jerry Rice ends NFL streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 13-10 victory over Buffalo Bills [1]
- Sep 19 Ryder Cup Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Europe retains Cup wins 18½-9½; victory margin largest by a European team in history of the event
- Sep 21 Construction of the Burj Dubai starts
- Sep 21 The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War and the Maoist Communist Centre of India merge to form the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Lost
Sep 22 "Lost" created by J.J. Abrams and starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly debuts on ABC in the US
- Sep 22 SF Giants outfielder Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times in a 9-inning game (MLB record) for the second time (1 May 2004)
Film & TV History
Sep 22 Teen noir series "Veronica Mars" created by Rob Thomas and starring Kristen Bell premieres on UPN in the US
- Sep 23 At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne
- Sep 25 ICC Men's Cricket Champions Trophy, The Oval, London: West Indies beat England by 2 wickets; Player of Series: Ramnaresh Sarwan, WI 166 runs
- Sep 26 Canadian runner Ed Whitlock (73) becomes 1st person over 70 to complete a marathon in under 3 hours (2:54:48) at Toronto Marathon (Toronto, Ontario)
- Sep 29 Asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth
- Sep 29 The Burt Rutan Ansari X Prize entry SpaceShipOne performed a successful spaceflight, the first of two needed to win the prize
- Sep 30 The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat retires.
- Sep 30 The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo
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