September 1 | 1913 Louis Bleriot performed the first aeronautical loop-the-loop 1853 The Cape of Good Hope issued the world's first triangular postage stamp |
September 2 | 1976 Percy Shaw, inventor of the cat's eye, died |
September 3 | 1962 The American poet e e cummings died
1783 The American War of Independence ended 1752 The Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian |
September 4 | 1948 Wilhelmina abdicated as Queen of the Netherlands in favour of her daughter Juliana
1911 Sweden set up the first state film censorship authority |
September 5 | 1997 Mother Teresa died |
September 6 | 1817 The Drury Lane theatre became the first British theatre to be entirely lit by gas |
September 7 | 1892 The American boxer Gentleman Jim Corbett became the first world heavyweight champion under Queensbury rules |
September 8
 | 1977 The Canadian Cindy Nicholas became the first woman to swim the English Channel both ways non-stop
1966 Star Trek was first transmitted on US television 1888 The first English Football League matches were played |
September 9 | 1971 The Old Grey Whistle Test was first broadcast on television |
September 10 | 1963 The American Express credit card was launched in the UK 1960 Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers was the first English Football League match to be televised |
September 11 | 1960 The first episode of "Danger Man" was shown on tv
1709 The Duke of Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Malplaquet 1297 William Wallace defeated the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge |
September 12 | 1953 Jaqueline Bouvier married John F Kennedy |
September 13 | 2000 The Lock and Barrel, the first pub in Frinton-on-Sea, opened for business 1788 New York became the capital of the USA |
September 14 | 1972 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Mantini) abolished the tonsure for monks |
September 15 | 1830 William Huskisson was run down and killed by George Stephenson's Rocket at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, becoming the world's first railway accident
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September 16 | 1908 General Motors was formed from the amalgamation of Buick and Oldsmobile |
September 17 | 1939 HMS Courageous was torpedoed and became the first British warship to be sunk in the Second World War
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September 18 | 1981 France abolished capital punishment |
September 19
 | 1975 Fawlty Towers was first shown on tv
1876 Melville Bissell patented a carpet-sweeper 1783 A sheep, a duck and a rooster made an ascent in a hot-air balloon over Versailles, France 1356 Edward the Black Prince defeated the King of France at the Battle of Poitiers |
September 20 | 1967 The QE2 was launched at Clydebank 1955 Phil Silvers first appeared on tv as Sergeant Bilko 1946 The first Cannes Film Festival opened 1839 Charles Dickens finished writing Nicholas Nickleby |
September 21 | 1936 Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, died |
September 22 | 1955 The UK's first commercial tv station went on air |
September 23 | 1974 Ceefax went live on BBC television to become the world's first teletext system |
September 24 | 1963 Doctors in New Zealand gave the first successful blood transfusion to an unborn baby 1953 The first Cinemascope film, The Robe, was premiered in Hollywood 1935 The first Jaguar car went on sale 1934 Babe Ruth played his last game of baseball for the New York Yankees 768 Pippin III (The Short) King of the Franks died |
September 25 | 1919 Scafell Pike in the Lake District was given to the nation in memory of the Great War dead
1891 Blackpool Tower's foundation stone was laid 1066 Harold II defeated Harold Hardrada of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge |
September 26 | 1953 Sugar rationing ended in the UK |
September 27 | 1963 Cilla Black made her television debut on Ready, Steady, Go! 1938 The Queen Elizabeth passenger liner was launched at Clydebank |
September 28 | 1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was registered as the first woman doctor in Britain |
September 29 | 1968 The twins Matt and Luke Goss of the pop group Bros were born - like anyone cares 1399 Richard II became the first British monarch to abdicate |
September 30 | 1955 James Dean died aged 24 in a car crash
1952 "This Is Cinerama", the first feature film to be made in Cinerama, opened in New York |