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 257^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 1, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,296,800 minutes 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 ‘dihectapentacontaheptagon’ 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 156 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 4,650 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 14 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1741 –
  George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
• 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.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
• 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.

Who were born on September 14?

• 1804 –
  John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)
• 1917 –
  Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss conductor and violinist (d. 2002)
• 1934 –
  Sarah Kofman, French philosopher
• 1954 –
  Barry Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
• 1971 –
  Christopher McCulloch, American television writer and voice actor
• 1974 –
  Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1985 –
  Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)
• 1986 –
  Andrew James Trauth, American actor
• 1986 –
  Tinchy Stryder, British rapper
• 1988 –
  Martin Fourcade, French biathlete

Who died on September 14?

• 1404 –
  Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1646 –
  Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)
• 1905 –
  Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franco-Italian explorer (b. 1852)
• 1936 –
  Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)
• 1982 –
  Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1947)
• 1984 –
  Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1991 –
  Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (b. 1930)
• 1999 –
  Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek diplomat and politician (d. 1947)
• 2001 –
  Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)
• 2006 –
  Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)