About September 14
September 14, 2023 is the 257th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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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 149 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 14
- 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.
- 1682 –Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- 1752 –The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1808 –Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
- 1846 –Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
- 1847 –Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 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.
- 1959 –The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 –Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
- 1960 –The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 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.
- 1995 –Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
- 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.
- 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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