What are the important events that happened on September 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 14 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 1, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,520 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontaoctagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,285 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 14 Historical Events
- 81 –Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- 1939 –World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ship ORP in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1985 –Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- 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.
Who were born on September 14?
- 1580 –Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)
- 1721 –Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)
- 1868 –Théodore Botrel, was a French singer-songwriter, poet and playwright(d. 1925)
- 1879 –Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)
- 1880 –Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
- 1880 –Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)
- 1885 –Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor (d. 1975)
- 1950 –Michael Nifong, American attorney
- 1960 –Melissa Leo, American actress
- 1978 –Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer
Who died on September 14?
- 258 –Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage
- 1435 –John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)
- 1749 –Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b. 1675)
- 1960 –M. Karagatsis, Greek author (b. 1908)
- 1966 –Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)
- 2000 –Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2000 –Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and activist (b. 1906)
- 2003 –Garrett Hardin, American ecologist (b. 1915)
- 2005 –William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
- 2007 –Robert Savoie, Canadian operatic baritone (b. 1927)
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