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
- 786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
- 1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- 1607 - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- 1682 - Bishop Gore School one of the oldest schools in Wales founded.
- 1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner."
- 1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 1862 - Civil War Maryland Campaign Battle of South Mountain is fought.
- 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.
- 1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- 1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
- 1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
- 1944 - Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city that is liberated by allied forces.
- 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.
- 1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1982 - President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
- 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
- 1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league record for most home runs in a single game - 10 - versus the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams - 11. The game also marked the end of Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this is not a record officially kept by MLB.
- 1990 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
- 1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1995 - Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
- 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. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
- 2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
- 2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
- 2007 - Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially removed in the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect.
Births
- 1169 - Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
- 1388 - Claudius Clavus, 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 antiquarian (d. 1746)
- 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)
- 1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)
- 1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)
- 1804 - Louis Desiré 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)
- 1860 - Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)
- 1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)
- 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)
- 1869 - Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)
- 1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)
- 1880 - Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)
- 1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
- 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
- 1889 - Maria Capovilla, previous oldest living person (d. 2006)
- 1891 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
- 1894 - Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Bengali Novelist (d. 1950)
- 1898 - Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)
- 1899 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
- 1902 - Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977)
- 1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer (d. 1989)
- 1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
- 1910 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1914 - LÃda Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1914 - Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1914 - Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)
- 1916 - John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. 2001}
- 1918 - Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (d. 1967)
- 1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
- 1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
- 1921 - Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
- 1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist
- 1927 - Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (d. 1997)
- 1929 - Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)
- 1929 - Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler
- 1930 - Allan Bloom, American academic (d. 1992)
- 1932 - Harry Sinden, American National Hockey League executive
- 1932 - John Tembo, Malawian politician
- 1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor
- 1934 - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher
- 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
- 1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian architect
- 1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor
- 1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach
- 1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
- 1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer
- 1944 - Joey Heatherton, American actress and singer
- 1945 - Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster
- 1946 - Jim Angle, American television reporter
- 1947 - Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, American singer (Sha Na Na)
- 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
- 1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
- 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
- 1949 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist (MC5) (d. 1994)
- 1949 - Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
- 1949 - Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
- 1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 - Michael Nifong, American attorney
- 1953 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
- 1953 - Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
- 1956 - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister
- 1956 - Ray Wilkins, English former footballer
- 1956 - Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician
- 1957 - Tim Wallach, American baseball player
- 1957 - Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer
- 1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
- 1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
- 1963 - Robin Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1964 - Faith Ford, American actress
- 1965 - Michelle Stafford, American actress
- 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia
- 1966 - Mike Cooley, American guitarist
- 1967 - Dan Cortese, American actor
- 1969 - Konstantinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician
- 1970 - Ben Garant, American actor
- 1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
- 1970 - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
- 1971 - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore)
- 1971 - Andre Matos, Brazilian musician
- 1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress
- 1972 - David Bell, American baseball player
- 1973 - Terrell Fletcher, American football
- 1973 - Nas, American rapper
- 1973 - Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
- 1973 - Linvoy Primus, English footballer
- 1974 - Chad Bradford, American baseball player
- 1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- 1976 - Jeremy Dunham, video game journalist
- 1976 - AgustÃn Calleri, Argentine tennis player
- 1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- 1978 - Danielle Peck, country music singer
- 1978 - Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- 1979 - Jesse Marunde, American Strongman/Athlete
- 1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician
- 1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor
- 1982 - Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
- 1983 - Amy Winehouse, English singer
- 1983 - Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end
- 1984 - Adam Lamberg, American actor
- 1984 - Melissa McGhee, American singer
- 1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
- 1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 - Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1986 - A.J. Trauth, American actor
- 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 - 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
- 1879 - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)
- 1898 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b. 1857)
- 1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
- 1905 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà ), explorer (b. 1852)
- 1910 - Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist
- 1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
- 1936 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
- 1937 - Tomáš Masaryk, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
- 1942 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American eugenicist (b. 1855)
- 1951 - Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)
- 1959 - Wayne Morris, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1960 - M. Karagatsis, Greek author (b. 1908)
- 1965 - J.W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1966 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1975 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (b. 1902)
- 1981 - Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (b. 1899)
- 1982 - Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon,assassinated (b. 1947)
- 1982 - John Gardner, American novelist (b. 1933)
- 1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)
- 1982 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
- 1984 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)
- 1991 - Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (b. 1930)
- 1991 - Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine (b. 1910)
- 1992 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
- 1995 - Maurice K. Goddard - the "father" of Pennsylvania state parks
- 1996 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)
- 1999 - Charles Crichton, English film director (b. 1910)
- 2000 - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
- 2003 - Yetunde Price, half-sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972)
- 2003 - John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)
- 2005 - William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b. 1914)
- 2005 - Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
- 2006 - Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
Holidays and observances
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