** Premier of the Soviet Union

** Premier one-day tournaments in each country

** U. S. President Lyndon Johnson in New York, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, simultaneously announce plans to cut back production of materials for making nuclear weapons.

** Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales ( b. 1922 )

** Yalta Conference, wartime meeting from 4 February 1945 to 11 February 1945 among the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union — President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin, respectively — for the purpose of discussing Europe's postwar reorganization, intended to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe.

** Lien Chan is named by Lee Teng-Hui to succeed Hau Pei-tsun as Premier of the Republic of China.

** U. S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Sato agree in Washington, D. C. to the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972.

** Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.

** Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France ( b. 1841 )

** Tiananmen Incident: Large crowds lay wreaths at Beijing's Monument of the Martyrs to commemorate the death of Premier Zhou Enlai.

** Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.

** The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring ( perestroika ) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev ( though Gorbachev had begun minor restructuring in 1985 ).

** Zhu Rongji, former Premier of the People's Republic of China

** Henry Daglish, Premier of Western Australia ( b. 1866 )

** East German Premier Walter Ulbricht discusses negotiations about German reunification.

** Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.

** Hua Guofeng, former Premier of the People's Republic of China ( died 2008 )

** U. S. President Richard Nixon asks the U. S. Congress for US $ 155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government ( US $ 85 million is for military assistance to prevent the overthrow of the government of Premier Lon Nol by the Khmer Rouge and North Vietnam ).

** Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as the 17th Premier of Ontario.

** Bob Askin replaces Jack Renshaw as Premier of New South Wales.

** Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in the Soviet Union to negotiate.

** Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland.

** Queensland, Australia: Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with 38. 6 % of the vote.

** René Lévesque, 23rd Premier of Quebec ( d. 1987 )

** Franklin Field, a football field once home to the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the home field of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers since 1895

** Amicus Brief on the Merits ( American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America )

** Darwin Baseball League

** Darwin Rugby League

** Italian League The best player of the year.

** National Cricket League of Bangladesh Matches

** Arab League initiative for the peace resolution of the Syrian civil war

** Major League Baseball-Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig called off games for one day, extending cancellations for three days, then all games through September 16 were postponed.

** Minor League Baseball.

** The National Football League postponed football games on September 16 and Monday night game the following night.

** The Canadian Football League scrapped all games for the ensuing week.

** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.

** Jim Bunning pitches a perfect game for the Philadelphia Phillies, the first in the National League since 1880.

** Goalkeeper Derek Foster of Sunderland becomes the youngest-ever player to play in the Football League, aged 15 years and 185 days.

** Emmett Ashford becomes the first African American umpire in organized baseball, by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.

** Clay Buchholz, Major League Baseball Pitcher

** The Spartacist League founds the German Communist Party.

** Spain leaves the League of Nations.

** The League of Nations Slavery Convention abolishes all types of slavery.

** Mariano Rivera, Panamanian Major League Baseball player

** Kasey Keller, American Major League Soccer player

** Joe Randa, American Major League Baseball player and radio talk-show host

** Jack Fisher, former American Major League baseball pitcher

** Rich Garcia, American Major League Baseball Umpire