Page 5: Historical Events In September - 14

1923  On this day in history miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain   

1923  On September - 14 jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title   

1924  On this day in history walter Johnson elected AL MVP   

1924  Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres) on this day in history.   

1925  On September - 14 m L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70)   

1926  Guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer   

1926  Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74 on September - 14.   

1927  On September - 14 isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel   

1928  On September - 14 albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)   

1929  49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history john Gutfreund   

1930  On this day in history after stormtroopers terrorize political opponents, Nazi seats in Reichstag rise from 12 to 107.   

1930  Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6 on September - 14.   

1932  Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri on September - 14.   

1932  On September - 14 harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)   

1932  Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1933  2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire on this day in history.   

1933  Harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown) on September - 14.   

1936  Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times on this day in history.   

1936  Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1937  On September - 14 tomés G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87)   

1938  On this day in history graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight   

1939  On this day in history british fleet attacks German U-39 boat   

1940  On this day in history congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

1940  On this day in history congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

1942  On September - 14 hMCS OTTAWA (RCN, ex 'Crusader'), sunk east of Newfoundland by 1 torpedo from German U.91.   

1942  On this day in history hMS COVENTRY (AA), sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Alexandria, Egypt by German Ju87 divebombers.   

1942  On September - 14 hMS SIKH, sunk off Tobruk, eastern Libya - by German shore batteries. during landings Royal Marines for British combined operations raid on Tobruk   

1942  HMS ZULU,sunk NW of Alexandria, Egypt (c 32-00'N, 29-00'E) - by Italian/German force of Ju87 and Ju88 bombers, while returning to Alexandria after combined operations raid on Tobruk on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal   

1943  On September - 14 comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marries   

1944  On this day in history united States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine.   

1944  On September - 14 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru   

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1169  Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1388  Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer was born on September - 14.   

1486  On September - 14 birth of agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer   

1531  On September - 14 birth of philipp Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geography/cartographer   

1543  Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615) was born on September - 14.   

1547  Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary was born on September - 14.   

1580  On this day in history birth of francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)   

1644  On September - 14 birth of gijsbert Cuper, Dutch classicist/regent   

0258  On September - 14 thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58   

0407  Johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies on September - 14.   

0585  On this day in history death of emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)   

0775  Death of Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718) on this day in history.   

0786  On this day in history death of al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph   

0891  Stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies on this day in history.   

1146  Death of Imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered on this day in history.   

1164  Death of Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119) on this day in history.