Historical Events In September - 14
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
1981 Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of the English Channel on September - 14.
1982 On this day in history trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
1982 Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb on September - 14.
1983 On this day in history uS House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident on September - 14.
1985 On this day in history eli Hosen is born
1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer on this day in history.
1989 Calgary Flames become first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2 on September - 14.
1989 Edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii) crowned Miss America 1992 on this day in history.
1991 On September - 14 julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer
1992 UN troops land in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country and provide aid on September - 14.
1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76 on this day in history.
1996 York - Durham Heritage Railway commences operation over the former CN line between Uxbridge and Stouffville, Ont on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history september 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City.
2007 The SELENE spacecraft launches. JAXA has called the mission, "the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program." on this day in history.
2007 Viktor Zubkov is approved as the new Prime Minister of Russia after a vote in the Duma on this day in history.
2012 On this day in history 21 people are killed after a ferry sank in Indonesia
2014 The United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history fire at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, kills 23
2017 On this day in history bodleian Library reveals earliest evidence of the zero symbol in 3rd or 4th Century Bakhshali (Pakistan) manuscript, through carbon dating
2017 Two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60 on September - 14.
2017 Selena Gomez reveals she had a kidney transplant, because of lupus, donated by her friend Francia Rais on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history 19 people die when a boat capsizes on Yamun River in Uttar Pradesh, India
2018 On September - 14 hurricane Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a category 1 hurricane
2018 On September - 14 former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort pleads guilty to conspiracy charges and agrees to cooperative with Government investigatuions
2019 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack: Two Saudi Aramco oil refineries in Abqaiq and Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in fires. Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used ten drones for the attack. Aramco's oil exports and production are disrupted by five million barrels a day, close to half of the entire Saudi Arabian oil exports on this day in history.
2020 On September - 14 the Royal Astronomical Society announces the detection of phosphine in Venus' atmosphere, which is known to be a strong predictor for the presence of microbial life.
2020 On this day in history the first discovery of the perfectly preserved remains of a cave bear, believed to be 22,000 to 39,500 years old (Late Pleistocene), is made in Lyakhovsky Islands, Siberia in the thawing permafrost.
2021 On September - 14 north Korea demonstrates two short-range ballistic missiles that land just outside Japan's territorial waters; and then only hours later South Korea demonstrates its first submarine-launched ballistic missile.
2021 On this day in history the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, the third tier of European club football, kicks off with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv winning 4–1 against Armenian club FC Alashkert.