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September 14
Events - 786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
- 1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
- 1607 - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
- 1682 - Bishop Gore School one of the oldest schools in Wales founded.
- 1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow (1812) begins as soon as Russian troops left the city.
- 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
- 1862 - Civil War Maryland Campaign Battle of South Mountain is fought.
- 1886 - Typewriter ribbon patented.
- 1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- 1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
- 1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
- 1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
- 1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1964 - The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.
- 1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
- 1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
- 1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league record for most home runs in a single game - 10 - versus the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams - 11. The game also marked the end of Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this is not a record officially kept by MLB.
- 1990 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
- 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 introduced the last update to the OS, MS-DOS. (Version 8.0)
- 2000 - Windows Me is released.
- 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 Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
- 2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
- 2007 - Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially removed in the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect.
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