September 1 - A referendum in Singapore supports the Malayan Federation. - Typhoon Wanda strikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and wounding more than 600.

September 2 - The Soviet Union agrees to send arms to Cuba.

September 8 - Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.

September 11- The Beatles record their first single, 'Love Me Do' at Abbey Road Studios in London.

September 12 - President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

September 19 - Atlantic College opens it doors for the first time, marking the birth of the pioneering UWC educational movement.

September 21 - A border conflict between China and India erupts into fighting. - New Musical Express, a British music magazine, publishes a story about two 13-year-old schoolgirls, Sue and Mary, releasing a disc on Decca and adds "A Liverpool group, The Beatles, have recorded 'Love Me Do' for Parlophone Records, set for October 5 release."

September 22 - 21-year-old Bob Dylan premiers one of his most preeminent songs, "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall".

September 25 - Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson fight for the boxing world title.

September 26 - Civil war erupts in Yemen.

September 27 - A flash flood in Barcelona, Spain, kills more than 440 people. - Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is released, giving rise to the modern environmentalist movement.

September 28 - Prime Minister Ahmed Ben Bella founds the first government in Algeria.

September 29 - The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.

September 30 - CBS broadcasts the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, marking the end of the Golden Age of Radio. (source: Wikipedia)