September 14
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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Events
- 786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
- 1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 1886 - Typewriter ribbon patented.
- 1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1917 - Republican government declared in Russia.
- 1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
- 1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
- 1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
- 1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1964 - The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.
- 1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
- 1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch leaves the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after 20 years.
- 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.
- 2003 - Sweden rejects adopting the euro in a referendum. (Results.)
- 2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
- 2004 - Canada wins the 2004 World cup of Hockey.
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Births
- 1388 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer
- 1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
- 1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
- 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
- 1656 - Thomas Baker, English antiqurian (d. 1746)
- 1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
- 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
- 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
- 1804 - John Gould, English ornithologist (d. 1881)
- 1804 - Louis Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)
- 1837 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
- 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
- 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)
- 1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)
- 1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
- 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
- 1898 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
- 1909 - Peter Scott, English naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)
- 1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
- 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
- 1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist
- 1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor
- 1934 - Kate Millett, American feminist writer
- 1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor
- 1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
- 1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach
- 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
- 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese rock singer
- 1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
- 1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
- 1964 - Martina Gedeck, German actress
- 1968 - Michelle Stafford, American actress
- 1969 - Jesse G. James, Bike Builder
- 1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
- 1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress
- 1973 - Nas, American rapper
- 1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- 1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- 1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume. MiniMoni)
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Deaths
- 258 - Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
- 585 - Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
- 775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
- 786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
- 891 - Pope Stephen V
- 1146 - Zengi, ruler of Syria (b. 1087)
- 1164 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
- 1214 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)
- 1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
- 1404 - Duke Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)
- 1435 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)
- 1523 - Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
- 1605 - Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Krakow (b. 1550)
- 1638 - John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
- 1646 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)
- 1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625)
- 1743 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
- 1749 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b. 1675)
- 1759 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (b. 1712)
- 1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
- 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
- 1852 - Augustus Pugin, English architect (b. 1812)
- 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
- 1886 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (b. 1802)
- 1898 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b. 1857)
- 1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (assassinated) (b. 1843)
- 1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
- 1936 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
- 1937 - Tomáš Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
- 1942 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (b. 1855)
- 1965 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1966 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1982 - Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon (b. 1947)
- 1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (b. 1929)
- 1982 - John Gardner, American novelist (motorcycle accident) (b. 1933)
- 1984 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
- 1996 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)
- 2000 - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Yetunde Price, sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams (murdered)
- 2005 - Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b. 1914)
- 2005 - William Berenberg, American physician and Harvard professor (b. 1915)
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Holidays and observances
- In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.
- Roman Catholic Church - Triumph of the Cross (compare May 3, Finding of the Holy Cross).
- 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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External links
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