Historical Events In September - 14

1923  On September - 14 miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain  

1923  Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1924  On this day in history walter Johnson elected AL MVP  

1924  On this day in history jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)  

1925  M L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70) on September - 14.  

1926  On this day in history guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens  

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 this day in history.  

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

1928  On this day in history 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 September - 14.  

1929  John Gutfreund on September - 14.  

1930  After stormtroopers terrorize political opponents, Nazi seats in Reichstag rise from 12 to 107 on September - 14.  

1930  On this day in history detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6  

1932  On this day in history military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri  

1932  Harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada) on September - 14.  

1932  On this day in history jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53  

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

1933  On this day in history harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)  

1936  Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times on September - 14.  

1936  On September - 14 ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58  

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

1938  Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight on this day in history.  

1939  British fleet attacks German U-39 boat on this day in history.  

1940  On September - 14 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  HMS COVENTRY (AA), sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Alexandria, Egypt by German Ju87 divebombers on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history 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 this day in history comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marries  

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

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

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1169  On this day in history birth of alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)  

1388  Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer was born on this day in history.  

1486  On this day in history 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  Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645) was born on this day in history.  

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

0258  Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

0407  On September - 14 johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies  

0585  On September - 14 death of emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)  

0775  Death of Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718) on September - 14.  

0786  On September - 14 death of al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph  

0891  On this day in history stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies  

1146  Death of Imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered on September - 14.  

1164  Death of Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119) on September - 14.