September 14
September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). There are 108 days remaining. Events786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi1752 - 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 it1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.1847 - Winfield Scott captures Mexico City1886 - 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 Russia1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City1958 - 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 Council1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council1975 - The first Americann saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI1984 - 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.
Births1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)1760 - Luigi Cherubini, composer (d. 1842)1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)1804 - John Gould, English ornithologist1849 - Ivan Pavlov, scientist (d. 1936)1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, artist (d. 1944)1879 - Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate (d. 1966)1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete1898 - 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 )*Clayton Moore, actor The Lone Ranger (d. 1999)1918 - Israel López (Cachao), Cuban musician1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer1921 - Ruth Brooks Flippen, television writer (d. 1981) 1923 - Bud Palmer, sports reporter 1926 - Alejandro Ulloa, Spanish cinematographer 1933:*Zoe Caldwell, actress*Harve Presnell, actor1934 - Kate Millett, feminist writer1936 - Walter Koenig, actor1938 - Nicol Williamson, actor1940 - Larry Brown, NBA basketball coach1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician1947 - Sam Neill, actor1951 - Arrigo Barnabé, Brazilian composer1959*Mary Frances, actress*Morten Harket, singer with a-ha1968 - Michelle Stafford, soap opera actress1971 - Kimberly Williams, actress1973 - Nas, rap music singer1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete1984 - Adam Lamberg, actor (Lizzie McGuire)
Deaths258 - Cyprian, early Christian writer775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor 786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph891 - Pope Stephen V1214 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)1404 - Duke Albert IV of Austria1523 - Pope Adrian VI1638 - John Harvard, clergyman, namesake of Harvard College1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, author1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister1886 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard1898 - William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the calculator1899 - Henry Bliss, first American automobile fatality1901 - United States President William McKinley 1927 - Isadora Duncan, dancer & mother of modern dance (b. 1877)1936 - Irving Thalberg, film producer1960 - Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, radar pioneer1965 - J.W. Hearne Middlesex and England all-rounder (b. 1891).1966 - Gertrude Berg, actress1974 - Warren Hull, actor, (b. 1903)1982:*Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon of Lebanon *Princess Grace of Monaco*John Gardner, American novelist1984 - Janet Gaynor, Academy Award winning actress1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)1996 - Juliet Prowse, actress, dancer (b. 1937)2000 - Beah Richards, actress
Holidays and observancesRoman 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
September 13 - September 15 - August 14 - October 14 - more historical anniversaries
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