September Gallery
Here you can read what happened on every day of September. Please click on the images or the articles below to read more. Every article contains a direct link to PictRS where you can have your favourite image printed as a picture or on cups etc.
The SR-71 Blackbird sets record for flying from NY to London (1974)
01 Sep
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation...
Happy Birthday
Olivier Panis (1974)
02 Sep
Olivier Jean Denis Marie Panis (born 2 September 1966) is a French former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2004, earning the first and only win of his F1 career at the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix...
Blue Bird sets land speed record at Bonneville (1935)
03 Sep
In the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird. Campbell set his final land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on 3 September (1935)...
Happy Birthday Henry Ford II (1917)
04 Sep
Henry Ford II (September 4, 1917 – September 29, 1987), commonly known as "Hank the Deuce," was an American businessman in the automotive industry...
Happy Birthday David Brabham (1965)
05 Sep
David Philip Brabham (born 5 September 1965) is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing...
Happy Birthday Charles Deutsch (1911)
06 Sep
Charles Deutsch (1911–1980) was a French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, founder of the brand "DB" with René Bonnet, and later of the „CD"...
Maiden flight of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (1997)
07 Sep
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine, jet-powered, all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft...
Happy Birthday Stefan Johannsson (1956)
08 Sep
Stefan Johansson (born 8 September 1956) is a Swedish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1980 and 1991.
KIA World EV Day
(1956)
09 Sep
The Kia EV Day is an event to introduce new electric vehicles while sharing the brand's vision...
Car Week Car - Triumph Spitfire (2026)
10 Sep
Juho Hänninen (born 25 July 1981) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda...
Happy Birthday Chris
"Ludachris" Bridges (1977)
11 Sep
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris , is an American rapper and actor. Outside of music, he has portrayed the character Tej Parker in the Fast & Furious film series—first appearing in its second film, 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)...
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Paul Walker (1973)
12 Sep
Paul Walker (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise (2001–2015)...
First FIA Formula-E Championship Race in Beijing, China (2014)
13 Sep
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class open-wheel single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars...
Michael Schumacher wins Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari (2003)
14 Sep
The 2003 Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2003) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 14 September 2003 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.
Happy Birthday Ettore Bugatti (1881)
15 Sep
Ettore Bugatti (15 September 1881 – 21 August 1947) was an Italian-French automobile designer and manufacturer...
General Motors
Corporation is founded (1908)
16 Sep
General Motors Company (GM) is an US multinational automotive manufacturing company from Detroit, Michigan. It is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac...
Car of the Week - Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider (2026)
17 Sep
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider underwent the same mechanical revisions as the Giulietta Sprint over the years, including the eventual availability of more powerful Spider Veloce variants...
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Ronaldo (1976)
18 Sep
Ronaldo de Lima (born 18 September 1976), mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker...
The AVUS Racing Circuit is opened (1921)
19 Sep
The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße ('Automobile traffic and training road'), known as AVUS , is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998...
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Juan Pablo Motoya (1975)
20 Sep
Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (born 20 September 1975) is a Colombian former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2001 to 2006, IndyCar between 1999 and 2022, and the NASCAR Cup Series between 2006 and 2024...
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight (1942)
21 Sep
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the USAAF and USAF during World War II and the Korean War.
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Rickard Rydell (1967)
22 Sep
Rickard Rydell (born 22 September 1967) is a Swedish retired racing driver. He won the 1998 British Touring Car Championship, the 2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, and has also been a frontrunner in the European/World Touring Car Championship.
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Luis Moya (1960)
23 Sep
Luis Moya (born 23 September 1960) is a Spanish former rally co-driver, synonymous with driver Carlos Sainz. He is the third most successful co-driver in the history of the World Rally Championship (WRC), after Daniel Elena and Timo Rautiainen...
The Honda Motor Company is founded (1948)
24 Sep
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honda, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered at the Toranomon Alcea Tower in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo, Japan...
Fernado Alonso becomes the youngest F1 World Champion (2005)
25 Sep
The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 September 2005...
Maiden Flight of the
Boeing 767 (1981)
26 Sep
The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The airliner design was launched as the 7X7 program on July 14, 1978, the prototype first flew on September 26, 1981, and it was certified on July 30, 1982...
Car of the Week
Saab 900 Turbo (2026)
27 Sep
The Saab 900 is a compact car (first series) respectively mid-sized (second series) automobile produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab from 1978 until 1998 in two generations: the first from 1978 to 1993, and the second from 1993 to 1998...
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Ron Fellows (1959)
28 Sep
Ronald Fellows CM (born September 28, 1959) is a Canadian former auto racing driver. A long-term Corvette factory driver, Fellows won the 24 Hours of Daytona overall in 2001, the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice in class and the 12 Hours of Sebring four times in class...
Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight (2004)
29 Sep
Flight 15P of SpaceShipOne (X0) was the first privately funded human spaceflight. It took place on June 21, 2004. It was the fourth powered test flight of the Tier One program, with the previous three test flights reaching much lower altitudes...
The Boeing 747 is shown to the public for the first time (1968)
30 Sep
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023...