September 1: 175 die in Jamaica's worst railway disaster.

September 3: The Wolfenden report on homosexuality is published in the United Kingdom.

September 4: American Civil Rights Movement - Little Rock Crisis: Governor Orville Faubus of Arkansas calls out the US National Guard, to prevent African-American students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock. - The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel on what the company proclaims as "E Day".

September 5: The first edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road goes on sale.

September 7: NBC introduces an animated version of its famous "living color" peacock logo.

September 9: Catholic Memorial School opens its doors for the first time in Boston

September 12 The Birth of the Greatest Arabic Singer of all time, Kadim Al Sahir.

September 14: Have Gun, Will Travel premieres on CBS.

September 21: Olav V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father Haakon VII. - The sailing ship Pamir sinks off the Azores in a hurricane.

September 23: The Academy Award-winning movie The Three Faces of Eve is released.

September 24: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to Arkansas to provide safe passage into Central High School for the Little Rock Nine.

September 26: Leonard Bernstein's musical West Side Story makes its first appearance on Broadway and runs for 732 performances.

September 29: Kyshtym disaster occurs at a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Russia. (source: Wikipedia)