September 14th
September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years). There are 108 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman († 1619)
- 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, composer († 1842)
- 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, naturalist and explorer († 1859)
- 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, scientist († 1936)
- 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, artist († 1944)
- 1879 - Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate († 1966)
- 1899 - Hal Wallis, film producer († 1986)
- 1909 - Peter Scott, naturalist, artist, and explorer († 1989)
- 1914 - Clayton Moore, actor († 1999)
- 1921 - Ruth Brooks Flippen, television writer († 1981)
- 1923 - Bud Palmer, sports reporter
- 1933 - Zoe Caldwell, actress
- 1933 - Harve Presnell, actor
- 1934 - Kate Millett, feminist writer
- 1936 - Walter Koenig, actor
- 1938 - Nicol Williamson, actor
- 1947 - Sam Neill, actor
- 1959 - Mary Frances, actress
- 1971 - Kimberly Williams, actress
- 1973 - Nas, rap music singer
Deaths
- 258 - Cyprian, early Christian writer
- 786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph
- 891 - Pope Stephen V
- 1321 - Dante Alighieri, author
- 1638 - John Harvard, clergyman, namesake of Harvard College
- 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, author
- 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister
- 1899 - Henry Bliss, first automobile fatality
- 1901 - United States President William McKinley
- 1927 - Isadora Duncan, dancer
- 1936 - Irving Thalberg, film producer
- 1960 - Sir Arthur Percy Morris Fleming, radar pioneer
- 1966 - Gertrude Berg, actress
- 1982 - Bashir Gemayel, President of Lebanon
- 1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco
- 1984 - Janet Gaynor, Academy Award winning actress
- 1996 - Juliet Prowse, actress, dancer
- 2000 - Beah Richards, actress
Holidays
September 13 - September 15 - August 14 - October 14 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Referenced By
Faith Ford
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