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. [edit] Events - 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 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, is founded.
- 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- 1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1829 – The 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 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
- 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 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
- 1948 – Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
- 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, 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.
- 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 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, belting 10 of them.
- 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, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
[edit] 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)
- 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
- 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)
- 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian Roman Catholic bishop, author and theologian (d. 1920)
- 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 – María Capovilla, previous oldest living person (d. 2006)
- 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
- 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)
- 1913 – Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress
- 1914 – Lída 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 (d. 2009)
- 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
- 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
- 1935 – Amanda Barrie, British actress
- 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
- 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, Professional golfer
- 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
- 1948 – Marc Reisner, American writer (d. 2000)
- 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer
- 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, former Australian and South African cricketer
- 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
- 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
- 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
- 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician and businessman
- 1961 – Wendy Thomas, namesake of the eponymous restaurant (Wendy's)
- 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
- 1967 – Ashlyn Gere, American pornographic actress
- 1969 – Konstantinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician
- 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor
- 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 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese film director
- 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
- 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, British actor
- 1973 – Nas, American rapper
- 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
- 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
- 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
- 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- 1976 – Jeremy Dunham, video game journalist
- 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player
- 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model
- 1978 – Danielle Peck, country music singer
- 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
- 1978 – Park Teddy, leader of the Korean hip hop group 1TYM
- 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman/athlete (d. 2007)
- 1980 – Ayọ, German singer
- 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer & actress (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese musician
- 1982 – Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
- 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer
- 1983 – Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end
- 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
- 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
- 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
- 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1986 – Andrew James Trauth, American actor
- 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
- 1988 – Kirsten Haglund, American beauty pageant contestant
- 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
[edit] 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, Italian 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, Franco-Italian explorer (b. 1852)
- 1916 – José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 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 – E.S. 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 conductor and impresario (b. 1902)
- 1981 – Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (b. 1899)
- 1981 – William Loeb III, American newspaper publisher (b. 1905)
- 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (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 and magazine editor (b. 1910)
- 1992 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
- 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American state government official (b. 1912)
- 1996 – Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)
- 1999 – Charles Crichton, English film director (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (b. 1906)
- 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
- 2003 – Yetunde Price, half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972)
- 2003 – John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (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 actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Ştefan Iordache, Romanian actor (b. 1941)
- 2009 – Keith Floyd, British TV chef (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Jody Powell, American public relations executive, press secretary to Jimmy Carter (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
- 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (b. 1952)
- 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor and songwriter (b. 1935)
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