About September 14

September 14, 2025 is the 257th 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.

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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 156 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.
  • 1607
    Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
  • 1682
    Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
  • 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.
  • 1917
    Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
  • 1923
    Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
  • 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.
  • 1960
    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1995
    Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
  • 1998
    Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
  • 2000
    Microsoft releases Windows Me.
  • 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.
  • 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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