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.
- 2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. President George W. Bush attends and speaks at the event, while former presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter also attend. Ronald Reagan was the only living president not to attend, but Nancy Reagan attended in his place. Most members of Congress, the Supreme Court and Cabinet also attend, but Vice President Dick Cheney is held at an undisclosed location.
- 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)
- 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
- 1804 - Louis Maigret, ss.cc., Roman Catholic prelate
- 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 (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, rapper
- 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
- BBC: On This Day (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14)
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