About September 14
September 14, 2024 is the 258th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 137 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 14
- 81 –Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 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.
- 1741 –George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
- 1808 –Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
- 1829 –The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 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.
- 1958 –The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1994 –The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 2000 –Microsoft releases Windows Me.
- 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.
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