1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint
1973 Terrell Fletcher, NFL running back (SD Chargers)
1972 Donnell Bennett, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
1972 David Bell, Cincinnati Ohio, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1971 Mario Henry, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons)
1971 Kimberly Williams, actress (Father of the Bride)
1971 Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 Satoshi Kojima, wrestler (NJPW)
1968 Pete Chilcutt, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1968 Ginger Helgeson Nielson, St Cloud Minn, tennis star
1968 Dan Cortese, actor/TV host (Jess Hanson-Melrose Place)
1967 John Smit, soccer player (NAC)
1965 Troy Neel, baseball player
1964 Kurt Gouveia, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
1964 Faith Ford, Louisiana, actress (Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown)
1963 Jaromir Dragan, Liptovsky CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia 1998)
1963 Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle (Olympic-1976)
1961 Antonia De Sancha, London England, lover of Brit MP David Mellor
1960 Anthony Addabbo, actor (Jason-Generations)
1959 Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
1959 Mary Crosby, LA Calif, actress (Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates)
1958 John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka OK, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1957 Jerry Don Gleaton, baseball player
1957 Tim Wallach, Huntington Park, infielder (California Angels)
1956 Joe Penny, London, actor (Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake & the Fatman)
1954 Barry Cowsill, Newport RI, rock bassist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
1952 Margit Schumann, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1976)
1951 Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut (STS 50)
1950 Paul Kossoff, London England, rock guitarist (Free)
1949 Steve Gaines, Seneca Mo, rock vocalist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1948 Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist
1947 Joan Thirkettle, journalist
1947 Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na)
1947 Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor (Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano)
1947 Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968)
1944 Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard)
1942 Oliver Eugene Lake, composer
1942 Kuldar Sink, composer
1940 Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer (Atman)
1940 Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks)
1939 DeWitt T Weaver Jr, Danville KY, PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open)
1939 Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP (PvdA)
1938 Walter Koenig, Chicago Ill, actor (Checkov-Star Trek)
1938 Nicol Williamson, Scotland, actor (Excalibur, Robin & Marian, Spawn)
1936 Stan Williams, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
1936 Terence Daniel Donovan, photographer
1934 Sarah Kofman, philosopher
1934 Kate Millett, St Paul Minn, feminist/author (Sexual Politics)
1934 Hans Faverey, Dutch poet
1933 Harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)
1933 Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
1932 Joshua Culbreath, Penn, 400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1956)
1932 Harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)
1929 Mel Hancock, (Rep-R-Missouri)
1929 John Gutfreund
1928 Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)
1928 Angus Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra
1928 John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber
1926 Richard Elsasser, composer
1926 Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer
1925 Ruth Mompati, S Afr sec of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu
1925 M L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70)
1924 John Michael Grimes, set Designer
1924 Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
1922 Michel Auclair, [Vujovic], Germany, actor (Story of a Love Story)
1921 Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS/ABC)
1920 Bud Palmer, Hollywood Calif, NBAer (NY Knicks)/sportscaster
1919 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer
1918 Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show)
1916 Eric Bentley, England, critic/writer (In Search of Theater)
1915 Douglas Kennedy, NY, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold)
1914 Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor/director (Divorce Italian Style)
1914 Michael Spisak, composer
1914 Kay Medford, NYC, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love)
1913 Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA
1910 Rolf Liebermann, Zrich Switzerland, composer (Leonore)
1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire)
1910 Gaston Deferre, French politician
1908 Clayton Moore, Chicago Ill, actor (Lone Ranger)
1908 Bernie Green, NYC, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show)
1907 Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS)
1907 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico
1904 Anton Zischka, Austrian writer (Lebendiges Europa)
1904 Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment)
1904 Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica)
1900 Sidney Marion, MA, entertainer
1899 Hal Wallis, movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park)
1887 Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ (1908-10)
1887 Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist
1886 Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35)
1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto)
1883 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (Die Lade Jahwes)
1882 Harald Fryklof, composer
1880 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes)
1879 Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent
1867 Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl"
1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
1864 Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood (Nobel 1937)
1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)
1840 George Elbridge Whiting, composer
1838 John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1836 Abraham PC Van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27)
1835 YES de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands (Died 5/30/1940)
1835 Joseph Hayes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1835 J A de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands (Died 1940)
1819 Henry Jackson Hunt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889
1817 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Imense China)
1792 Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane
1768 Georg Johann Schinn, composer
1761 Pavel Lambert Masek, composer
1760 M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer
1748 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer
1742 James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1737 Johann Michael Haydn, composer
1732 Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (Die Sch”pfung)
1722 Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer
1644 Gijsbert Cuper, Dutch classicist/regent
1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary
1531 Philipp Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geography/cartographer
1486 Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer
Events which occurred on your SELECTED date of September 14:
1998 Week of Fed Cup
1997 Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's number, 72
1997 Loren Roberts wins CVS Charity Golf Classic with a 266
1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Classic
1997 Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's #72
1997 Bank One Senior Golf Classic
1997 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent v Hampshire
1996 NY Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
1996 Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 home runs by a catcher
1996 A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire
1994 All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season
1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan)
1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from U.S. (to Taiwan)
1991 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 386 yards and scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34
1991 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 386 yards & scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34
1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii), 24, crowned 65th Miss America 1992
1991 Freshman Marshall Faulk of San Diego State rushed for NCAA record
1991 Magic Johnson weds Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly
1990 Ken Griffey, Sr & Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back home runs in 1st inning
1989 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons
1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in U.S.S.R., win 4-2
1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1987 107th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (67 60 76 64)
1987 Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings (908 games) is broken
1987 Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win US Tennis Open in 4 hrs 47 mins
1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles
1987 Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 mins
1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest
1987 107th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (67 60 76 64)
1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles
1986 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed
1986 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1986 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
1986 Saskatchewan and Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
1986 Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)
1985 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host
1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host
1983 U.S. House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
1983 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel
1982 36" snow (Red Lodge, MT)
1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
1980 "Charlie and Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City for 17 performances
1980 Dwight Clark begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1980 "Charlie & Algernon" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 perfs
1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC & back to Yates Center, Ks
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to New York City and back to Yates Center, Ks
1979 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1978 Portugal govt of Da Costa falls
1978 Braves' Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970
1978 Portugal government of Da Costa falls
1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
1975 Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint
1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
1975 Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st US saint
1975 Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed and damaged in Amsterdam
1975 Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed & damaged in Amsterdam
1975 Robin Yount breaks Mel Ott's record, playing in 242 games as a teen
1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
1973 Pres Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
1973 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise
1973 President Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout
1972 Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in New York City
1972 West Germany & Poland establish diplomatic relations
1972 "Waltons" TV program premieres
1972 Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in NYC
1972 West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations
1971 Cleve Indians & Wash Senators, play 20 innings
1971 Cleveland Indians and Washington Senators, play 20 innings
1970 Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]
1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
1969 Males of Swiss kanton Schaffhausen rejects female suffrage
1968 1st broadcast of "60 Minutes" on CBS-TV
1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
1968 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow
1968 USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
1968 U.S.S.R.'s Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
1968 1st broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS-TV
1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
1967 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge & Sanctuary opens in Bronx
1967 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge and Sanctuary opens in Bronx
1965 4th meeting of 2nd Vatican council opened
1965 "F-Troop" premieres
1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House
1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls & a boy
1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, South Dakota, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls and a boy
1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1961 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of CP of U.S.S.R.
1961 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of CP of USSR
1960 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) forms
1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC
1960 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1
1960 Coup under Col Joseph-Desir‚ Mobutu in Congo
1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia & Venezuela form OPEC
1960 KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Soviet Union's Luna-2 is 1st spacecraft to land on the Moon
1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Yankees win 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel
1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel
1958 WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open
1957 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1957 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 UN resolution deplores & condemns USSR invasion of Hungary
1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957 U.N. resolution deplores and condemns U.S.S.R. invasion of Hungary
1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington D.C.
1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245)
1954 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test
1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage
1954 B Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw," premieres in Venice
1954 USSR performs nuclear test
1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage
1954 Giants' Willie Mays gets 82nd extra-base hit, breaks Mel Ott's record
1953 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry
1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians
1953 Comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marry
1951 Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats
1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
1948 Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater
1948 Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters
1948 Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary
1948 Ground breaking ceremony for United Nations world headquarters
1947 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
1947 67th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63)
1947 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
1947 67th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63)
1944 Hurricane hits New England: 389 die
1944 Gulpen, Meerssen & Maastricht freed
1944 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru
1944 US 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid
1944 Gulpen, Meerssen and Maastricht freed
1944 US 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall
1944 U.S. 28th Infantry division occupies 1.5 km of Roscheid
1944 U.S. 4th Ivy League Inf division pushes through Westwall
1943 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marries
1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14
1943 Comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marries
1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13
1942 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal
1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time draft law
1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
1940 German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
1939 Minister Winston Churchill visits Scapa Flow
1939 British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight
1936 Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times
1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire
1933 Schaduwproces-Rijksdagbrand opens in London
1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
1930 Nazis gain 107 seats in German election
1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox
1929 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
1929 49th U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
1926 Guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens
1924 Walter Johnson elected AL MVP
1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain
1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
1919 British regime forbids Sinn Fein Dail
1919 British regime forbids Sinn Fein D il
1917 Provisional government of Russia forms, Republic proclaimed
1917 Kerenski regime declares Russian republic
1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game
1916 Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game
1914 German troops withdraw from Aisne/invent trenches
1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn
1913 Cubs Larry Cheney hurls record 14-hit shutout against Giants (7-0)
1913 27th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)
1913 27th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)
1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated
1905 RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on Isle of Man
1905 Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname
1903 NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game
1903 New York Giant Red Ames no-hits St. Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game
1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)
1894 Hottentotten uprising in Southwest-Africa fails
1892 AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from New York City to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M
1886 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon
1882 British General Wolseley reaches Cairo
1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda
1876 Leopold II closes Congo-conference
1872 Britain pays U.S. $15 M for damages during Civil War
1872 Britain pays US $15« M for damages during Civil War
1868 Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)
1862 Skirmish at Mountain MD (Boonesboro, Crampton's Gap, Fox's Gap)
1862 Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry West Virginia
1862 Battle at Crampton's Gap: Union troops chases away Confederates
1862 Battle at South Mountain: Union troops chases away Confederates
1862 Battle of Munfordsville KY
1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders
1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain & France, land in Crimea
1854 Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea
1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Connecticut takes office
1852 18th Postmaster General: Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office
1848 Alexander Stewart opens 1st U.S. department store
1848 Alexander Stewart opens 1st US dept store
1847 U.S. Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
1847 US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
1834 Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile
1830 Princess WFLC Marianne marries Albrecht of Prussia
1829 Peace of Adrianopel: ends Russian-Turkish war
1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "Star-Spangled Banner"
1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge
1759 Austrian troops occupy Dresden
1752 US & England adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752 U.S. and England adopts Gregorian calender (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1741 George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days
1716 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
1716 1st lighthouse in U.S. lit (Boston Harbor)
1666 St Paul's in London destroyed by fire
1666 St. Paul's in London destroyed by fire
1662 Netherlands & England sign peace treaty
1662 Netherlands and England sign peace treaty
1629 Spanish garrison surrenders to prince Frederik Henry
1544 Charles & Fran‡ois I sign Peace of Cr‚py
1544 Charles and Francois I sign Peace of Crepy
1515 Battle at Marignano ends in French/Venetian victory
1163 Pastor Frederik forms convent at Mariengaarde Friesland
891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope
Deaths which occurred on your SELECTED date of September 14:
1996 Juliet Prowse, actress/dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies at 59
1996 Joe Elsby Martin, boxing coach, dies at 80
1996 Clive Beadon, airman, dies at 77
1995 Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75
1994 David van Cup, sculptor/painter, dies at 57
1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76
1992 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
1992 Ted Weiss, (Rep-NY, 1977-92), dies at 64
1991 Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer
1990 Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
1989 Edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies
1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer
1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
1982 John C Gardner, US, writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49
1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
1981 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
1981 Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81
1979 Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80
1974 Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66
1974 Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95
1974 Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70
1974 Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71
1972 Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70
1971 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies
1970 Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79
1969 James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48
1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47
1966 Nikolai Cherkasov, actor (Ivan the Terrible), dies at 63
1966 Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
1965 Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies
1964 Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82
1962 Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64
1959 Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45
1955 F C Weiskopf, writer, dies
1937 Tom s G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87)
1936 Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58
1932 Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53
1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel
1926 Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
1916 Josiah Royce, US philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies
1911 Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM, assassinated by Mordka Bogrov
1905 Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo gov (1890-98), die
1902 Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer, dies at 76
1901 Pres William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted
1899 Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (NYC)
1898 Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies
1895 Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57
1887 Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies
1886 Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84
1872 Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48
1862 Samuel Garland Jr, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle
1862 Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39
1861 Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
1852 James F Cooper, writer, dies at 62
1852 Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83
1844 Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78
1836 Vincenzo Lavigna, composer, dies at 60
1836 Aaron Burr, 3rd VP, dies
1819 Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies
1788 Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56
1788 John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47
1763 Johann Philipp Sack, composer, dies at 40
1759 Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47
1750 Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer
1743 Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59
1712 Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies
1693 Aert Jansz van Nes, [Young boer Jaep], lt-admiral, dies at 67
1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, dies
1646 Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies
1645 Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65
1637 Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies
1538 Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg & Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies
1523 Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64
1321 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divine Commedy), dies at 56
1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered
891 Stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies
407 Johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies
258 Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58
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