September 14

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

• 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
• 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
• 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
• 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.
• 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
• 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
• 1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• 1791 – The Papal State lose Avignon to the French Empire.
• 1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
• 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters 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.
• 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace 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 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.
• 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• 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 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 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• 1960 – Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• 1969 – The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
• 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979 – Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• 1982 – President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• 1987 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
• 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
• 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.
• 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows ME.
• 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.
• 2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
• 2008 – All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.

Births

• 1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (d. 1426)
• 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer (d. 1438)
• 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (d. 1535)
• 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1615)
• 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
• 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645)
• 1656 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (d. 1746)
• 1713 – Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
• 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American politician and judge (d. 1807)
• 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
• 1760 – Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
• 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859)
• 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English soldier and statesman, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
• 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist (d. 1867)
• 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist (d. 1881)
• 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882)
• 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
• 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931)
• 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, author, and theologian (d. 1920)
• 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American author and poet (d. 1940)
• 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer, politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1865 – Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (d. 1944)
• 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright(d. 1925)
• 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)
• 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, American military officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor (d. 1963)
• 1878 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and writer (d. 1920)
• 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American activist (d. 1966)
• 1880 – Metropolitan Benjamin, Russian missionary and bishop (d. 1961)
• 1880 – Archie Hahn, German-American runner (d. 1955)
• 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech diplomat and politician (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1934)
• 1889 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (d. 2006)
• 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)
• 1896 – Fray José de Guadalupe Mojica, Mexican Franciscan friar and former tenor and film actor (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Lawrence Gellert, American music collector (d. 1979)
• 1898 – Ernest Nash, German archaeologist (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris Greek singer-songwriter and composer (d. 1977)
• 1902 – Alice Tully, American singer and philanthropist (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, conservationist, painter, and navy officer (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1910 – Jack Hawkins, English actor (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer (d. 1999)
• 1911 – William H. Armstrong, American author (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan military officer and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1916 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American critic and playwright
• 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Phyllis Frost, Australian welfare worker and philanthropist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban musician and composer (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Deryck Cooke, English musician, author, and broadcaster (d. 1976)
• 1919 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Constance Baker Motley, American politician, judge, and activist (d. 2005)
• 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian businessman and lawyer
• 1921 – Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Patricia Barringer, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
• 1926 – Michel Butor, French novelist
• 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1927 – Martin Caidin, American author (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Jim Fanning, American baseball player and manager
• 1928 – Jay Cameron, American reed player (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Larry Collins, American author (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler
• 1930 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (d. 1988)
• 1932 – Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician
• 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress
• 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher
• 1934 – Kate Millett, American author and activist
• 1934 – Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1934 – Bob Maguire, Australian priest
• 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Amanda Barrie, English actress
• 1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor
• 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect, designed The Shard
• 1938 – Franco Califano, Libyan-Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (d. 2011)
• 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer
• 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1940 – Jacques Godin, Canadian actor
• 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician and arranger
• 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, composer, and poet (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author
• 1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer
• 1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
• 1946 – Pete Agnew, Scottish bass player (Nazareth)
• 1946 – Jim Angle, American journalist
• 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German footballer
• 1947 – Jon Bauman, American singer and actor (Sha Na Na)
• 1947 – Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• 1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
• 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hunger, and Strawberry Alarm Clock)
• 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Sir Henry and his Butlers) (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (Free, Black Cat Bones, and Back Street Crawler) (d. 1976)
• 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 1950 – Mike Nifong, American attorney
• 1950 – John Steptoe, American author (d. 1989)
• 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew, Third Person, and Curlew) (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
• 1955 – Steve Berlin, American musician and producer (Los Lobos, The Flesh Eaters, and The Blasters)
• 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American author
• 1955 – William Jackson, Scottish harpist and composer (Ossian)
• 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
• 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer
• 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician
• 1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player
• 1957 – Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer
• 1958 – Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Grupo Fundo de Quintal)
• 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
• 1959 – John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Mary Crosby, American actress
• 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter (A-ha)
• 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
• 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
• 1961 – Martina Gedeck, German actress
• 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 1961 – Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player
• 1963 – Tony Becker, American actor
• 1963 – Robin Singh, Indian cricketer
• 1964 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress
• 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, Russian politician, 3rd President of Russia
• 1965 – Michelle Stafford, American actress
• 1967 – Ariel, Argentine DJ and producer
• 1967 – Dan Cortese, American actor
• 1967 – Ashlyn Gere, American porn actress
• 1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian director
• 1967 – John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's and Cast)
• 1969 – Konstadinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician
• 1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
• 1970 – Ben Garant, American actor
• 1970 – Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Everclear)
• 1970 – Mark Webber, English guitarist (Pulp)
• 1971 – Jeff Loomis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nevermore and Sanctuary)
• 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and author (Viper, Angra, Shaman, and Symfonia)
• 1971 – Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, director, and writer
• 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
• 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player
• 1973 – Nas, American rapper and actor (The Firm)
• 1973 – Mic Geronimo, American rapper
• 1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese director
• 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
• 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
• 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
• 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian
• 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
• 1974 – Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist (Vintersorg)
• 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player
• 1977 – Thomas Leeb, Austrian guitarist
• 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby player
• 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model
• 1978 – Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
• 1978 – Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman (d. 2007)
• 1979 – Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
• 1980 – Ayọ, German singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Dué le Quartz and S.K.I.N.)
• 1981 – Katie Lee, American chef and critic
• 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
• 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer, and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1982 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Lethal Bizzle, English rapper (More Fire Crew)
• 1982 – Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
• 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
• 1984 – Sonja Bertram, German Actress
• 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player (Trivium)
• 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
• 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer (Z-1)
• 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American animator
• 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Minimoni, Elegies, and High-King)
• 1986 – A.J. Trauth, American actor
• 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, English rapper
• 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
• 1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
• 1988 – Kirsten Haglund, American model, Miss America 2008
• 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
• 1989 – Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
• 1989 – Jesse James, American actor

Deaths

• 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
• 258 – Cyprian, African bishop
• 407 – John Chrysostom, Turkish archbishop (b. 347)
• 585 – Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
• 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
• 786 – Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (b. 764)
• 891 – Pope Stephen V
• 1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
• 1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
• 1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer and bishiop (b. 1149)
• 1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)
• 1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (b. 1389)
• 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
• 1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)
• 1605 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
• 1638 – John Harvard, English-American minister (b. 1607)
• 1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general (b. 1591)
• 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
• 1715 – Dom Pérignon, French monk (b. 1638)
• 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, English field marshal (b. 1724)
• 1836 – Aaron Burr, American politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)
• 1852 – Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, English architect, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant (b. 1834)
• 1862 – Charles Pearson, British social reformer (b. 1793)
• 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)
• 1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 – William McKinley, American politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1927 – Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
• 1931 – Tom Roberts, Australian painter (b. 1856)
• 1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
• 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
• 1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
• 1949 – Romuald Joubé, French actor (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)
• 1952 – John McPhee, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Wayne Morris, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author (b. 1908)
• 1962 – Fred Schule, American hurdler (b. 1879)
• 1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1965 – Lydia Mei, Estonian artist (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1966 – Nikolay Cherkasov, Soviet actor (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American member of the Ku Klux Klan (b. 1881)
• 1974 – Warren Hull, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Walter Herbert, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
• 1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
• 1981 – William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
• 1982 – John Gardner, American novelist (b. 1933)
• 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Grace Kelly, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Perez Prado, Cuban singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
• 1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American politician (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and comedian (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Charles Crichton, English director (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek diplomat and politician (b. 1947)
• 2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (b. 1906)
• 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
• 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 2003 – John Serry, Sr., American accordionist (b. 1915)
• 2005 – William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Frances Newton, American convicted murderer (b. 1965)
• 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French author (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Ştefan Iordache, Romanian actor (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Jody Powell, American White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
• 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Don Binney, New Zealand painter (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican politician (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Frank Dudley, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Michel Leduc, Canadian politician (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Louis Simpson, American poet (b. 1923)
• 2012 – András Szente, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Crescentius of Rome
  • Maternus of Cologne
  • Notburga
  • September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
• Formerly, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following 14 September were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days. In the Irish calendar they were known as Quarter tense. (Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches)
• Brazil - Days of the City in:
  • Viamao (1741, the State of Rio Grande do Sul).
  • Presidente Prudente (1917, the State of São Paulo).
  • Sinop (1974, the State of Mato Grosso).
  • Figueirao (2003, the State of Mato Grosso do Sul).
• India — Hindi Day as Constituent Assembly adopted Hindi as the Official Language of the Union on 14th September 1949.
• Mexico — Day of the State of Chiapas entry into the Union.
• Nicaragua — Day of San Jacinto (1856).
• Venezuela — Day of the City in Barquisimeto (1552, the State of Lara.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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