September
On this day in September:
- 1st September 1939; start of World War 2 as Germany invades Poland.
- 1st September 2006: Central Library closed for demolition and later replaced by Newcastle City Library.
- 2nd September 1907: opening of Darlington Civic Theatre
- 2nd September 1945, end of World War 2 as Japan surrenders
- 4th September 1869: opening of Prudhoe Memorial Convalescent Home in Whitley Bay.
- 6th September 2008; Floods in Morpeth requiting over 400 people to be evacuated.
- 7th September 1838; Grace Darling and her father rescued survivors of the Forfarshire wrecked off the Farne Islands.
- 8th September 1842; Micheal Smith jumped off the Wearmouth Bridge for a stunt.
- 9th September 1513; Battle of Flodden, Anglo-Scottish battle fought near Branxton.
- 9th September 1991; Meadow Well Riots in Newcastle.
- 10th September 1898: opening of Roker Park, Sunderland AFC's football ground up to 1997.
- 12th September 1894: the Rutherford Memorial Fountain unveiled by Joseph Cowen in Newcastle.
- 12th September 1903: Middlesbrough FC played their first league game at Ayresome Park.
- 12th September 1980; closure of the Consett Steel Works, with the loss of over 4,000 jobs.
- 14th September 1885; the foundation stone laid for the New North Pier (Roker Pier) at Sunderland.
- 15th September 1773; birth of John Buddle in West Kyo, famous mining engineer.
- 15th September 1839: widespread floods in Northumberland.
- 16th September 1913: Floods in Newcastle.
- 17th September 2001; Gateshead Millennium Bridge opened to pedestrians and cyclists, prior to its official opening in 2002.
- 19th September 1999; Bobby Robson's 1st match as manager of Newcastle United; 8-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday.
- 20th September 1907; lauch of the ocean liner Mauretania built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd in Wallsend.
- 21st September 1858; Charles Dickens gave reading at Central Hall, Darlington.
- 21st September 1930: birth of Bob Stokoe; football player for Newcastle United and later manager for Sunderland AFC.
- 24th September 1958: first concert of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
- 26th September 1748; Admiral Lord Collingwood was born in the Side, Newcastle.
- 27th September 1825; opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
- 27th September 1975; opening of the Darlington Railway Museum (now Head of Steam) by the Duke of Edinburgh.
- 28th September 1844: 95 men and boys killed on a mining disaster at Haswell Colliery.
- 29th September 1908: Dove Marine Laboratory, Cullercoats, opened by the Duke of Northumberland.
