September 14 Explained

Events

Pre-1600

• AD 81  - Domitian became 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.^[1]
• 919  - Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
• 1180  - Genpei War: Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
• 1226  - The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.^[2]
• 1402  - Battle of Homildon Hill results in an English victory over Scotland.

1601–1900

• 1607  - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.^[3]
• 1682  - Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
• 1685  - Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.^[4]
• 1723  - Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
• 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.
• 1782  - American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
• 1791  - The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
• 1808  - Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the 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  - Battle of Baltimore: 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.
• 1862  - American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

1901–present

• 1901  - U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1911  - Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.^[5]
• 1914  -, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
• 1917  - The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• 1936  - Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
• 1939  - World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• 1940  - Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• 1943  - World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
• 1944  - World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• 1948  - The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• 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.
• 1960  - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• 1960  - Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• 1975  - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979  - Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
• 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.
• 1989  - The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
• 1992  - The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
• 1993  - Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.^[6]
• 1994  - The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
• 1997  - Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
• 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.
• 2002  - Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.^[7]
• 2003  - In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• 2003  - Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.^[8]
• 2007  - Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
• 2008  - Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.^[9]
• 2015  - The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
• 2019  - Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
• 2022  - Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.^{[10] [11]}

Births

Pre-1600

• 208  - Diadumenian, Roman emperor (d. 218)
• 768  - Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (d. 833)
• 938  - Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (d. 995)
• 953  - Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (d. 973)
• 1032  - Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 1101)
• 1246  - John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (d. 1272)
• 1384  - Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (d. 1426)
• 1388  - Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (d. 1438)
• 1401  - Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (d. 1458)
• 1485  - Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (d. 1525)
• 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 politician (d. 1619)
• 1580  - Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645)

1601–1900

• 1618  - Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (d. 1680)
• 1643  - Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (d. 1718)
• 1656  - Thomas Baker, English historian and author (d. 1746)
• 1713  - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1781)
• 1721  - Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1807)
• 1736  - Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (d. 1811)
• 1737  - Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (d. 1806)
• 1769  - Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859)
• 1774  - Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
• 1791  - Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (d. 1867)
• 1804  - John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1881)
• 1804  - Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882)
• 1816  - Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (d. 1860)^[12]
• 1837  - Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1903)
• 1843  - Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (d. 1924)
• 1847  - Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931)
• 1850  - Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1920)
• 1853  - Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (d. 1924)
• 1857  - Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (d. 1935)
• 1860  - Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1940)
• 1864  - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 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 and manager (d. 1953)
• 1872  - John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963)
• 1879  - Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966)^[13]
• 1880  - Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (d. 1961)
• 1880  - Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (d. 1955)
• 1883  - Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1908)
• 1885  - Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (d. 1975)
• 1886  - Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1948)
• 1887  - Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (d. 1954)
• 1891  - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1983)
• 1892  - Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1968)
• 1896  - José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (d. 1974)
• 1898  - Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (d. 1979)
• 1898  - Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)

1901–present

• 1902  - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
• 1902  - Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (d. 1993)
• 1903  - Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (d. 1980)
• 1904  - Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (d. 1962)^[14]
• 1904  - Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (d. 1957)
• 1907  - Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (d. 1986)
• 1909  - Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (d. 1989)
• 1910  - Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1910  - Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (d. 1973)
• 1910  - Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (d. 2003)
• 1910  - Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1910  - Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (d. 1965)^[15]
• 1911  - William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (d. 1999)
• 1913  - Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
• 1913  - Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1914  - Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (d. 1997)
• 1914  - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)^[16]
• 1915  - John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (d. 2014)
• 1916  - Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (d. 2020)
• 1916  - John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1917  - Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)
• 1918  - Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1918  - Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (d. 2008)
• 1919  - Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976)
• 1919  - Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2001)
• 1919  - Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (d. 2013)
• 1919  - Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1920  - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 1920  - Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1920  - Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
• 1921  - Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005)
• 1921  - A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (d. 2022)
• 1921  - Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (d. 2013)
• 1921  - Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001)
• 1922  - Michel Auclair, German-French actor (d. 1988)
• 1922  - Frances Bergen, American model and actress (d. 2006)
• 1922  - Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (d. 2010)
• 1923  - Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001)
• 1924  - Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (d. 2007)
• 1924  - Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1924  - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1994)
• 1924  - Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (d. 1999)
• 1926  - Michel Butor, French author and critic (d. 2016)
• 1926  - Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1926  - Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (d. 2017)
• 1927  - Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1927  - Janet Davies, English actress (d. 1986)
• 1927  - Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (d. 1998)
• 1927  - Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
• 1927  - Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1928  - Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1928  - Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (d. 2001)
• 1928  - Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (d. 2004)
• 1929  - Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2005)
• 1930  - Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
• 1930  - Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (d. 1988)
• 1930  - Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1932  - Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1932  - John Tembo, Malawian politician (d. 2023)
• 1933  - Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (d. 2020)
• 1933  - Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1934  - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1934  - Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1993)
• 1934  - Kate Millett, American author and activist (d. 2017)
• 1934  - Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1935  - Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1936  - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (d. 2011)
• 1936  - Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (d. 1996)
• 1936  - Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter^[17]
• 1936  - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
• 1936  - Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (d. 2024)
• 1937  - Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
• 1938  - Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1938  - Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (d. 2011)
• 1939  - DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (d. 2021)
• 1940  - Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (d. 2019)
• 1940  - Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1941  - Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (d. 2015)
• 1941  - Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
• 1941  - Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
• 1941  - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 2020)
• 1941  - Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1942  - Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
• 1942  - Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
• 1942  - Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1943  - Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (d. 1991)
• 1943  - Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1944  - Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1944  - Rowena Morrill, American artist (d. 2021)^[18]
• 1944  - Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
• 1945  - Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
• 1946  - Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer
• 1946  - Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (d. 2022)
• 1946  - Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (d. 2019)
• 1947  - Jon Bauman, American singer
• 1947  - Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director
• 1948  - Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000)
• 1949  - Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 1949  - Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2018)
• 1949  - Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2003)
• 1949  - Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1949  - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1950  - Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1976)
• 1950  - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 1950  - Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
• 1950  - John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1951  - Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
• 1951  - Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (d. 1981)^[19]
• 1953  - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
• 1953  - Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 1953  - Robert Wisdom, American actor
• 1954  - Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2005)
• 1954  - David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (d. 1992)
• 1955  - Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer
• 1955  - Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
• 1955  - William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
• 1955  - Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
• 1956  - Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1956  - Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
• 1956  - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
• 1956  - Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956  - Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (d. 2018)
• 1956  - Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1957  - Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
• 1957  - Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1958  - Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
• 1958  - Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
• 1958  - Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1958  - Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (d. 2024)^[20]
• 1959  - John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959  - Mary Crosby, American actress
• 1959  - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1960  - Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
• 1960  - Melissa Leo, American actress
• 1960  - Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
• 1961  - Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 1961  - Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 1962  - Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
• 1962  - Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2021)
• 1962  - Nick Botterill, British business man^[21]
• 1962  - Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
• 1963  - Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
• 1964  - Faith Ford, American actress
• 1965  - Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
• 1965  - Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
• 1965  - Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
• 1965  - Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966  - Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (d. 2011)^[22]
• 1966  - Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
• 1967  - Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967  - John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968  - Grant Shapps, English politician
• 1969  - Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
• 1969  - Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1969  - Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
• 1970  - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
• 1970  - Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970  - Ketanji Brown Jackson, American lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1970  - Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
• 1970  - Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
• 1970  - Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970  - Mark Webber, English guitarist
• 1971  - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1971  - Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2019)
• 1971  - Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971  - Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
• 1972  - Notah Begay III, American golfer
• 1972  - David Bell, American baseball player and coach
• 1973  - Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973  - Terrell Fletcher, American football player
• 1973  - Andrew Lincoln, English actor
• 1973  - Nas, American rapper
• 1973  - Linvoy Primus, English footballer
• 1973  - Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1974  - Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1974  - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
• 1974  - Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
• 1974  - Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager
• 1974  - Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1974  - Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
• 1976  - Austin Basis, American actor
• 1976  - Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
• 1976  - Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist^[23]
• 1977  - Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
• 1977  - Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (d. 2014)
• 1977  - Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1978  - Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
• 1978  - Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida^[24]
• 1978  - Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
• 1978  - Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
• 1979  - Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
• 1979  - Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
• 1980  - Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980  - Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
• 1981  - Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1981  - Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
• 1981  - Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
• 1981  - Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
• 1982  - SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
• 1982  - Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983  - Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
• 1983  - Josh Outman, American baseball player
• 1983  - Frostee Rucker, American football player
• 1983  - Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1984  - Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor
• 1984  - Adam Lamberg, American actor
• 1985  - Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter^[25]
• 1985  - Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
• 1985  - Trevis Smith, American football player
• 1985  - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985  - Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 1986  - David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player^[26]
• 1986  - Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1986  - Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
• 1986  - Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
• 1986  - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• 1986  - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
• 1986  - Reggie Williams, American basketball player^[27]
• 1987  - Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
• 1987  - Michael Crabtree, American football player
• 1987  - Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
• 1988  - Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
• 1988  - Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
• 1989  - Jimmy Butler, American basketball player^[28]
• 1989  - Tony Finau, American golfer
• 1989  - Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter
• 1989  - Jesse James, American actor
• 1989  - Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
• 1989  - Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player^[29]
• 1989  - Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player^[30]
• 1989  - Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler^[31]
• 1990  - Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1990  - Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
• 1990  - Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
• 1990  - Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
• 1991  - Dee Milliner, American football player
• 1991  - Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
• 1991  - Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
• 1992  - Connor Fields, American cyclist
• 1992  - Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier^[32]
• 1992  - Zico, South Korean rapper
• 1993  - Brandon Brown, American race car driver
• 1994  - Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
• 1994  - Gary Harris, American basketball player^[33]
• 1994  - Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
• 1994  - Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1995  - Jevon Carter, American basketball player^[34]
• 1995  - Deshaun Watson, American football player
• 1996  - Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
• 1996  - Myles Wright, English professional footballer
• 1997  - Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter^[35]
• 1999  - Emma Kenney, American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• AD 23  - Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
• 258  - Cyprian, African bishop and saint (b. 200)
• 407  - John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (b. 347)
• 585  - Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 538)
• 619  - Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 605)
• 775  - Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
• 786  - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (b. 764)
• 788  - Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (b. 717)^[36]
• 820  - Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
• 891  - Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
• 919  - Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
• 927  - Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
• 949  - Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (b. 880)
• 1146  - Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
• 1164  - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
• 1214  - Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (b. 1149)
• 1321  - Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (b. 1265)^[37]
• 1401  - Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (b. 1355)
• 1404  - Albert IV, duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1412  - Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (b. 1356)
• 1435  - John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1389)
• 1487  - Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
• 1523  - Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)^[38]
• 1538  - Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)

1601–1900

• 1605  - Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
• 1613  - Thomas Overbury, English poet
• 1638  - John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (b. 1607)
• 1646  - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (b. 1591)
• 1712  - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
• 1715  - Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (b. 1638)
• 1743  - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
• 1749  - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
• 1759  - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
• 1807  - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1821  - Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (b. 1797)
• 1836  - Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851  - James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
• 1852  - Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1852  - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1862  - Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1862  - Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1879  - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891  - Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898  - William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)

1901–present

• 1901  - William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905  - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1910  - Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (b. 1827)^[39]
• 1916  - José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1927  - Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
• 1931  - Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1936  - Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1936  - Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
• 1937  - Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
• 1942  - E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
• 1943  - Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (b. 1903)^[40]
• 1951  - Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1952  - John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1959  - Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1960  - M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1961  - Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 1962  - Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965  - J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1966  - Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)^[41]
• 1966  - Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)
• 1966  - Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
• 1975  - Walter Herbert, German-American 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, essayist, and critic (b. 1933)
• 1982  - Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
• 1982  - Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)^[42]
• 1984  - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1986  - Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
• 1989  - Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
• 1991  - Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (b. 1930)
• 1991  - Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1992  - August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1992  - Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
• 1994  - Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
• 1995  - Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (b. 1912)
• 1996  - Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1937)
• 1998  - Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (b. 1907)
• 1999  - Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1999  - Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (b. 1947)
• 2000  - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2000  - Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
• 2001  - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
• 2002  - LaWanda Page, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2003  - Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
• 2003  - Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (b. 1915)
• 2003  - John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
• 2005  - William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2005  - Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (b. 1932)
• 2005  - Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
• 2006  - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American 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)
• 2009  - Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
• 2009  - Henry Gibson, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2009  - Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
• 2009  - Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
• 2011  - Malcolm Wallop, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2012  - Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
• 2012  - Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (b. 1963)
• 2012  - Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (b. 1949)
• 2012  - Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (b. 1913)
• 2013  - Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1989)
• 2013  - Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (b. 1931)
• 2013  - Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (b. 1941)^[43]
• 2014  - Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)
• 2014  - Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)
• 2014  - E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015  - Davey Browne, Australian boxer (b. 1986)
• 2015  - Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (b. 1947)
• 2015  - Martin Kearns, English drummer (b. 1977)
• 2015  - Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1949)
• 2018  - Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (b. 1935)^[44]
• 2018  - Zienia Merton, British actress (b. 1945)^[45]
• 2021  - Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1959)^[46]

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel)
  • Crescentius of Rome
  • Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
    • Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)
  • Lord of Miracles of Buga
  • Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (one of Martyr Saints of China)
  • Maternus of Cologne
  • Notburga
  • September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Engineer's Day (Romania)
• Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
• Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
• San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

External links

• Web site: On This Day . BBC.
  • Web site: Historical Events on September 14 . OnThisDay.com.

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