September 14

is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). There are 108 days remaining.

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.
1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia.
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.
1910 - Huo Yuanjia defeated all four of his challengers, one from France, Britain, Russia, and Japan, which boosted Chinese nationalism pride even more.
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.
1969 - On December 1, 1969 September 14th is drawn as the first birthdate in the U.S. draft during the Vietnam War.
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 alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1987 - ITV Schools was brodcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled due to strike.
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.
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.
2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.

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, British antiqurian (d. 1746)
1721 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)
1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)
1804 - John Gould, British 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, British 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, British 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
1936 - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1936 - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician
1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach
1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese Formula One driver
1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
1968 - Michelle Stafford, American actress
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
1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician
1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer
1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American Bassist (Trivium)
1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress idol and singer
1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1986 - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
1989 - Jesse James, American actor

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)
1538 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (b. 1483)
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)
1807 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (b. 1724)
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)
1879 - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)
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)
1910 - Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist, founder of the martial arts school Jing Wu Men in Shanghai
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 - 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)
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) (b. 1972)
2005 - William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
2005 - Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b. 1914)

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.

External links

BBC: On This Day

September 13 - September 15 - August 14 - October 14 – more historical anniversaries

Gourt Home::Gourt :: September 14

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

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