September 14 Historical Events

The following events took place on September 14. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 49 events. Showing 31 - 49.

• 1969
  The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
• 1975
  The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979
  Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• 1982
  President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
• 1984
  Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1985
  Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• 1985
  The Golden Girls a television sitcom premieres on NBC
• 1987
  The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
• 1992
  The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.

• 1994
  The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
• 1995
  Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
• 1998
  Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
• 1999
  Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
• 2000
  Microsoft releases Windows ME.
• 2001
  Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation’s capital.
• 2003
  In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• 2007
  Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
• 2008
  All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.
• 2015
  20 people die in a flash flood in Utah.