September 14
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September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 81 – Domitian becomes Roman Emperor.
- 1509 – Constantinople is hit by an earthquake, killing 13,000.
- 1515 – After the Battle of Marignano and defeat to French forces, Switzerland declares itself 'for ever' neutral.
- 1714 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
- 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian Calendar. In the change, the dates from September 3 to September 13 are missed out.
- 1808 – Finnish War: Russian forces defeat Swedish ones in the Battle of Oravais.
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armee enters Moscow.
- 1829 – The Russo-Turkish War ends.
- 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese Royal Court.
- 1847 – Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies more than one week after being shot by Leon Czolgosz. He is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, who becomes the 26th President of the United States.
- 1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a Republic.
- 1923 – Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
- 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by the Allies.
- 1954 – In a top-secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40-kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
- 1958 – The first two Post-World War II German rockets, designed by engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1959 – The Soviet Lunik 2 probe crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon.
- 1960 – The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1960 – With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power from Patrice Lumumba in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, suspending the parliament and constitution.
- 1973 – The Gauja National Park is founded in present-day Latvia.
- 1979 – President of Afghanistan Nur Muhammad Taraki is deposed and killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes President.
- 1982 – Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is shot dead.
- 1982 – Grace Kelly dies after becoming seriously injured in a car crash.
- 1984 – Joe Kittinger flies a hot-air balloon across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first person to do so.
- 1985 – The Penang Bridge, connecting the island of Penang to mainland Malaysia, is opened.
- 1987 – Baseball: The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
- 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico.
- 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the break-away Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
- 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is cancelled because of a strike.
- 1999 – Kiribati, Tonga and Nauru join the United Nations.
- 2003 – Estonia approves EU membership.
- 2003 – In a coup in Guinea-Bissau, Kumba Iala is removed from power by Verissimo Correia Seabra, who takes measures towards democratisation of the country.
- 2007 – British bank Northern Rock experiences the first Bank Run in the UK for 150 years.
- 2008 – Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest Formula One driver to win a Grand Prix.
- 2008 – Aeroflot Flight 821 crashes on approach to Perm Airport, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
Births [change]
- 1169 – Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
- 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)
- 1543 – Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)
- 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
- 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
- 1605 – Brynjolfur Sveinsson, Icelandic bishop (d. 1675)
- 1713 – Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
- 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)
- 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, British Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
- 1817 – Theodor Storm, German writer (d. 1888)
- 1817 – Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (d. 1867)
- 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
- 1849 – Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, psychologist & physician (d. 1936)
- 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat (d. 1958)
- 1868 – Theodor Botrel, French singer-songwriter and playwright (d. 1925)
- 1878 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat, writer and revolutionary (d. 1920)
- 1879 – Margaret Sanger, birth control activist (d. 1966)
- 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech diplomat (d. 1948)
- 1889 – Maria Esther de Capovilla, Ecuadorean supercentenarian, World's oldest woman (d. 2006)
- 1891 – Ivan Mitveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1895 – Robert A. Lovett, American politician (d. 1986)
- 1898 – Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Okey L. Patteson, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1989)
- 1901 – Andrey Vlasov, Russian general (d. 1946)
- 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek musician (d. 1977)
- 1902 – Alice Tully, American music promoter and philanthropist (d. 1993)
- 1907 – Solomon Asch, Polish-born American psychologist (d. 1996)
- 1909 – Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Stuff Smith, American jazz violinist (d. 1967)
- 1910 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
- 1913 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1913 – Severino Varela, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1995)
- 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1916 – Luis Corvalan, Chilean Communist politician (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist
- 1922 – Zizinho, Brazilian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American concert organist, composer and conductor (d. 1972)
- 1928 – Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (d. 2001)
- 1929 – Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroonian writer (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)
- 1935 – Amanda Barrie, British actress
- 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor
- 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist
- 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
- 1940 – Jacques Godin, Canadian film and television actor
- 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
- 1944 – Guenter Netzer, German footballer
- 1947 – Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
- 1949 – Steve Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
- 1949 – Ed King, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1953 – Robert Wisdom, American actor
- 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, former Prime Minister of Greece
- 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer
- 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian musician (a-ha)
- 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress
- 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister, and former President, of Russia
- 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor
- 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress
- 1973 – Nas, American rapper
- 1974 – Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer
- 1974 – Hicham El-Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- 1979 – Ivica Olic, Croatian footballer
- 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
- 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, British rapper
- 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
- 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
- 258 – Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
- 585 – Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
- 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)
- 891 – Pope Stephen V
- 1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
- 1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
- 1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
- 1435 – John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)
- 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
- 1638 – John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
- 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625)
- 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 writer (b. 1789)
- 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
- 1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect (b. 1812)
- 1898 – William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b. 1857)
- 1901 – William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
- 1916 – Jose Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer (b. 1832)
- 1927 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
- 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
- 1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
- 1937 – Tomas Masaryk, Czech politician (b. 1850)
- 1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)
- 1952 – John McPhee, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
- 1966 – Nikolay Cherkasov, Soviet actor (b. 1903)
- 1970 – Rudolf Carnap, German philosopher (b. 1891)
- 1975 – Walter Herbert, German conductor and impresario (b. 1902)
- 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
- 1982 – Kristjan Eldjarn, 3rd President of Iceland (b. 1916)
- 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1947)
- 1982 – Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)
- 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912)
- 1996 – Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)
- 1999 – Charles Crichton, British film director (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (b. 1906)
- 2003 – Yetunde Price, sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972)
- 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor (b. 1952)
- 2009 – Keith Floyd, British chef (b. 1943)
- 2011 – Rudolf Moessbauer, German physicist (b. 1929)
