September 14
is the 257th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (258th in
leap years). There are 108 days remaining.
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786 -
Harun al-Rashid becomes the
Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother
al-Hadi.
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1752 - The
British Empire adopts the
Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was
September 2).
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1812 -
French grenadiers enter
Moscow.
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1814 -
Francis Scott Key writes
The Star-Spangled Banner.
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1829 -
Ottoman Empire signs the
Treaty of Adrianople with
Russia.
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1847 -
Mexican-American War:
Winfield Scott captures
Mexico City.
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1886 -
Typewriter ribbon patented.
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1901 -
President of the United States William McKinley dies after an
assassination attempt on
September 6, and is succeeded by
Theodore Roosevelt.
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1910 -
Huo Yuanjia defeated all four of his challengers, one from
France,
Britain,
Russia, and
Japan, which boosted
Chinese nationalism pride even more.
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1917 -
Republican government declared in
Russia.
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1923 -
Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of
Spain.
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1944 -
United States Marines land on the island of
Peleliu.
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1948 - Groundbreaking for the
United Nations headquarters in
New York City.
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1958 - Two
rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
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1959 - The Soviet probe
Luna 2 crashes onto the
Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
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1960 - The
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
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1964 - The opening of the third period of the
Second Vatican Council.
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1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of
Second Vatican Council.
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1969 - On
December 1,
1969 September 14th is drawn as the first birthdate in the U.S. draft during the
Vietnam War.
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1975 - The first
American saint,
Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by
Pope Paul VI.
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1984 -
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a
hot air balloon alone across the
Atlantic Ocean.
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1987 - ITV Schools was brodcast on
Channel 4 for the very first time.
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1990 -
Ken Griffey, Jr. and his father,
Ken Griffey, Sr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
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1994 - The
Major League Baseball season is canceled due to
strike.
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1998 - Telecommunications companies
MCI Communications and
WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form
MCI WorldCom.
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1999 -
Kiribati,
Nauru and
Tonga join the
United Nations.
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2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at
Washington National Cathedral for victims of the
September 11 attacks. While the rest of the world sees the service at the National Cathedral, Canada sees the similar service on
Parliament Hill, the largest single vigil ever in the nation's capital. The successor to the
Nintendo 64; the
Nintendo Gamecube was released in Japan.
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2003 - In a referendum
Sweden rejects adopting the
euro.
* 2003 -
Estonia approves joining the
European Union in a referendum.
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1388 -
Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer
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1486 -
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d.
1535)
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1543 -
Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d.
1615)
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1547 -
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d.
1619)
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1656 -
Thomas Baker, British antiqurian (d.
1746)
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1721 -
Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d.
1807)
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1737 -
Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d.
1806)
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1760 -
Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d.
1842)
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1769 -
Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d.
1859)
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1771 -
Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d.
1829)
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1804 -
John Gould, British ornithologist (d.
1881)
* 1804 -
Louis Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d.
1882)
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1837 -
Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d.
1903)
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1849 -
Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1936)
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1864 -
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician and diplomat, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1958)
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1867 -
Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d.
1944)
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1869 -
Kid Nichols, baseball player (d.
1953)
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1879 -
Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d.
1966)
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1880 -
Archie Hahn, American athlete (d.
1955)
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1886 -
Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d.
1948)
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1889 -
Maria Capovilla, Current oldest living person
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1898 -
Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d.
1986)
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1909 -
Peter Scott, British naturalist, artist, and explorer (d.
1989)
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1910 -
Jack Hawkins, British actor (d.
1973)
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1913 -
Jacobo Arbenz,
President of Guatemala (d.
1971)
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1914 -
Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d.
2000)
* 1914 -
Clayton Moore, American actor (d.
1999)
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1920 -
Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
* 1920 -
Lawrence Klein, American economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1926 -
Michel Butor, French novelist
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1933 -
Harve Presnell, American actor
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1934 -
Kate Millett, American feminist writer
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1936 -
Walter Koenig, American actor
* 1936 -
Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine* 1936 -
Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician
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1938 -
Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
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1940 -
Larry Brown, American basketball coach
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1941 -
Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
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1942 -
Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
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1947 -
Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
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1949 -
Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d.
2003)
* 1949 -
Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
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1950 -
Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (
Free) (d.
1976)
* 1950 -
Masami Kuwashima, Japanese Formula One driver
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1959 -
Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (
a-ha)
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1960 -
Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
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1968 -
Michelle Stafford, American actress
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1970 -
Ben Garant, American actor
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1970 -
Craig Montoya, American musician (
Everclear)
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1970 -
Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
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1971 -
Kimberly Williams, American actress
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1972 -
David Bell, Baseball player
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1973 -
Nas, American rapper
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1974 -
Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
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1978 -
Carmen Kass, Estonian model
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1980 -
Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician
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1981 -
Miyavi, Japanese singer
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1985 -
Paolo Gregoletto, American Bassist (
Trivium)
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1985 -
Aya Ueto, Japanese actress idol and singer
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1986 -
Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (
Morning Musume)
*1986 -
Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
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1989 -
Jesse James, American actor
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258 -
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
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585 -
Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b.
538)
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775 -
Constantine V,
Byzantine Emperor (b.
718)
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786 -
Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
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891 -
Pope Stephen V*
1146 -
Zengi, ruler of Syria (b.
1087)
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1164 -
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b.
1119)
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1214 -
Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b.
1149)
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1321 -
Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b.
1265)
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1404 - Duke
Albert IV of Austria (b.
1377)
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1435 -
John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b.
1389)
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1523 -
Pope Adrian VI (b.
1459)
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1538 -
Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (b.
1483)
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1605 -
Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Krakow (b.
1550)
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1638 -
John Harvard, American clergyman (b.
1607)
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1646 -
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b.
1591)
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1712 -
Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b.
1625)
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1743 -
Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b.
1690)
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1749 -
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b.
1675)
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1759 -
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (b.
1712)
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1807 -
George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (b.
1724)
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1836 -
Aaron Burr,
Vice President of the United States (b.
1756)
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1851 -
James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b.
1789)
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1852 -
Augustus Pugin, English architect (b.
1812)
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1852 -
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1769)
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1879 -
Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b.
1808)
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1886 -
Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b.
1802)
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1898 -
William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b.
1857)
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1901 -
William McKinley, 25th
President of the United States (assassinated) (b.
1843)
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1910 -
Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist, founder of the martial arts school Jing Wu Men in Shanghai
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1927 -
Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b.
1877)
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1936 -
Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b.
1899)
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1937 -
Tomáš Masaryk, first
President of Czechoslovakia (b.
1850)
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1942 -
Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (b.
1855)
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1965 -
J.W. Hearne English cricketer (b.
1891)
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1966 -
Gertrude Berg, American actress (b.
1899)
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1974 -
Warren Hull, American actor (b.
1903)
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1982 -
Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon (b.
1947)
* 1982 -
John Gardner, American novelist (motorcycle accident) (b.
1933)
* 1982 -
Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (automobile accident) (b.
1929)
* 1982 -
Christian Ferras, French violinist (b.
1933)
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1984 -
Janet Gaynor, American actress (b.
1906)
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1989 -
Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b.
1916)
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1991 -
Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (b.
1930)
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1996 -
Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b.
1937)
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2000 -
Beah Richards, American actress (b.
1920)
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2003 -
Yetunde Price, sister of American tennis players
Venus and
Serena Williams (murdered) (b.
1972)
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2005 -
William Berenberg, American physician (b.
1915)
* 2005 -
Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b.
1914)
*In
ancient Greece, the first day of the
Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from
Eleusis to
Athens.
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Roman Catholic Church -
Triumph of the Cross (compare
May 3,
Finding of the Holy Cross).
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Eastern Orthodox Church -
Exaltation of the Cross, which commemorates the discovery of the (allegedly) original
Christian cross in
326 by
Helena, mother of
Constantine, as well as the recovery from the Persians by
Heraclius in
628.
*Formerly, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following
14 September were observed as one of the four sets of
Ember days. In the
Irish calendar they were known as
Quarter tense.
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October 14 – more
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