Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 14
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1981 Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81 on September - 14. 
1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of the English Channel on September - 14.
1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
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 On September - 14 janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
1985 Eli Hosen is born on this day in history.
1988 Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer on this day in history.
1989 On September - 14 calgary Flames become first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
1989 On this day in history edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies
1990 On this day in history wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
1991 On September - 14 carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii) crowned Miss America 1992
1991 On September - 14 julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer
1992 On this day in history uN troops land in Somalia, Africa, to stabalise the country and provide aid
1992 On this day in history david Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76
1996 On this day in history york - Durham Heritage Railway commences operation over the former CN line between Uxbridge and Stouffville, Ont.
2005 September 16 - Largest UN World Summit in history, held in New York City on September - 14.
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 September - 14.
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 September - 14.
2017 On September - 14 fire at a religious school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, kills 23
2017 Bodleian Library reveals earliest evidence of the zero symbol in 3rd or 4th Century Bakhshali (Pakistan) manuscript, through carbon dating on this day in history.
2017 On September - 14 two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60
2017 On this day in history selena Gomez reveals she had a kidney transplant, because of lupus, donated by her friend Francia Rais
2017 On September - 14 19 people die when a boat capsizes on Yamun River in Uttar Pradesh, India
2018 Hurricane Florence makes landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a category 1 hurricane on September - 14.
2018 On this day in history 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 September - 14.
2020 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 on this day in history.
2020 On September - 14 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 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 on September - 14.
2023 On September - 14 the European Central Bank (ECB) raises eurozone interest rates to an all-time high of 4%, amid ongoing inflationary pressures across the continent.