September 14
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September 14 is the 257th day of the year (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 (September 2 was followed directly by September 14 this year)
- 1812 – Russian army burns Moscow to prevent Napoleon from capturing it
- 1814 – Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1847 – Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
- 1886 – Typewriter ribbon patented.
- 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt.
- 1901 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
- 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 of the German engineer Ernst Mohr reach as first German post-war rockets 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 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1964 – The opening of the third period of 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Births
- 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
- 1760 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
- 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
- 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist
- 1849 – Ivan Pavlov, scientist (d. 1936)
- 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, artist (d. 1944)
- 1879 – Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate (d. 1966)
- 1880 – Archie Hahn, American athlete
- 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat
- 1898 – Hal B. Wallis, film producer (d. 1986)
- 1899 – José Mojica, Mexican singer and film actor (d. 1974)
- 1909 – Peter Scott, naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)
- 1913 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1914- Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000 )
- 1941 – Clayton Moore, actor (d. 1999)
- 1918 – Israel López (Cachao), Cuban musician
- 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
- 1921 – Ruth Brooks Flippen, television writer (d. 1981)
- 1923 – Bud Palmer, sports reporter
- 1926 – Alejandro Ulloa, Spanish cinematographer
- 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, actress
- 1933 – Harve Presnell, actor
- 1934 – Kate Millett, feminist writer
- 1936 – Walter Koenig, actor
- 1938 – Nicol Williamson, actor
- 1940 – Larry Brown, basketball coach
- 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
- 1947 – Sam Neill, actor
- 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese rock singer
- 1951 – Arrigo Barnabé, Brazilian composer
- 1959 – Mary Frances, actress
- 1959 – Morten Harket, singer (a-ha)
- 1968 – Michelle Stafford, actress
- 1971 – Kimberly Williams, actress
- 1973 – Nas, rap music singer
- 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- 1984 – Adam Lamberg, actor
Deaths
- 258 – Cyprian, Christian writer
- 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor
- 786 – Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
- 891 – Pope Stephen V
- 1214 – Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- 1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
- 1404 – Duke Albert IV of Austria
- 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
- 1638 – John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
- 1836 – Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
- 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
- 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister
- 1886 – Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard
- 1898 – William Seward Burroughs, inventor
- 1899 – Henry Bliss, first American automobile fatality
- 1901 – William McKinley, President of the United States
- 1927 – Isadora Duncan, dancer (b. 1877)
- 1936 – Irving Thalberg, film producer
- 1960 – Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, radar pioneer
- 1965 – J.W. Hearne English cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1966 – Gertrude Berg, actress
- 1974 – Warren Hull, actor, (b. 1903)
- 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon
- 1982 – Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress
- 1982 – John Gardner, American novelist
- 1984 – Janet Gaynor, Academy Award-winning actress
- 1989 – Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
- 1996 – Juliet Prowse, actress, dancer (b. 1937)
- 2000 – Beah Richards, actress
Holidays and observances
- Roman Catholicism-Exaltation of the Holy 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.
- In the Irish calendar the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following Sept. 14 were observed as Quarter tense.
- In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.
External links
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