September 1969 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1969 Libyan revolution, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris.
• 02 Sep 1969 New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
• 05 Sep 1969 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections
• 06 Sep 1969 Cabaret closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1166 performances
• 07 Sep 1969 83rd US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62)
• 08 Sep 1969 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
• 09 Sep 1969 Seaplane crashes at Indianapolis, kills 83
• 10 Sep 1969 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley, Colorado
• 13 Sep 1969 Baltimore Orioles, win earliest AL Eastern division title
• 14 Sep 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
• 18 Sep 1969 Tiny Tim and Miss Vicky get engaged
• 20 Sep 1969 18th Ryder Cup: Draw, 16-16 at Royal Birkdale, England
• 21 Sep 1969 58th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Cleveland (5-0)
• 22 Sep 1969 Music Scene debuts on ABC-TV
• 23 Sep 1969 1st broadcast of Marcus Welby MD on ABC-TV
• 24 Sep 1969 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati
• 25 Sep 1969 Organisation of the Islamic Conference founded.
• 26 Sep 1969 Beatles release Abbey Road album
• 28 Sep 1969 Minnesota vs. Baltimore, gains 530 yards passing!
• 29 Sep 1969 Bright Promise, TV Daytime Soap

Famous Birthday

• Catherine Zeta-Jones

  Welsh actress, confident and fun-loving, unpretentious and often found humming happily.

• Tyler Perry

  American actor and filmmaker.

• Patrick Fiori

  Born to an Armenian, Jacques Chouchayan, and a Corsican, Marie-Antoinette Fiori, he began to sing very early.

• Rachel Hunter

  New Zealand model and actress.

• Erika Eleniak

  American model and actress.

• Angie Everhart

  American model and actress.

• Nezha Bidouane
• Anthony Kavanagh

  French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer.

• Anne De Petrini
• Dweezil Zappa

  American guitarist, songwriter, musician and second child of rocker Frank Zappa.

• Shawn Crahan

  American musician (Slipknot).

• Louis Aliot

  French politician, a lawyer by profession, and the vice president of the Front National since 16 January 2011.

• Stéphane Castaignède

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as scrum half (half back).

• Hal Sparks

  American actor.

• Matt Geiger

  American basketball player: center, Hornets.

• Leonardo Araujo
• David Marouani
• Kostya Tszyu

  Russian-Australian boxer.

• Matthew Settle

  American actor.

• Megan Ward

  Los Angeles, California -- Actress (Kimberly Sayers-Dark Skies).

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Famous Deaths

• William Flanagan

  Composer, dies at 46.

• Harry Williams Millard

  Producer, dies of cancer at 41.

• Henk Bijvanck

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Katherine Singleton

  Actress / Miss Universe (1926), dies at 65.

• Everett McKinley Dirksen

  (Sen-R), dies at 73.

• Rudolph Wagner-Regeny

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Bert [Lambertus] Bakker

  Director Free Netherland / inventor.

• Adolfo Lopez Mateos

  president of Mexico (Born 1909).

• Charles Foulkes

  Canadian General / honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66.

• Violet Farebrother

  Actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81.

• Alexandra David-Neel

  French explorer and writer (Born 1868).

• Mitchell Ayres

  orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at age 58.

• Bud Collyer

  TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at age 61.

• Arthur Friedenreich

  Brazilian football player (Born 1892).

• John Lester

  American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969).

• Willy Mairesse

  Belgian race car driver (d. 1969).

• Rex Ingram

  Actor / director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
2. The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
3. Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
5. Three Dog Night - Easy To Be Hard

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
3. The Bee Gees - Don't Forget To Remember
4. Humble Pie - Natural Born Bugie
5. Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus