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.
- 1180 –Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1923 –Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1985 –Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- 1992 –The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
- 1994 –The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1999 –Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 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.
- 2003 –In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
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