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==Events== * 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. * 326 – Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus's tomb) in Jerusalem. * 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire. * 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun. *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, is founded. *1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio ''Messiah'' *1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2). *1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War. *1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire. *1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais. *1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city. *1814 – The poem ''Defence of Fort McHenry'' is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner. *1829 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. *1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court. *1847 – Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City. *1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. *1901 – U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. *1914 – , the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. *1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic. *1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia. *1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing. *1943 – World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons. *1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. *1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. *1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, 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 Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. * 1960 – Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution. *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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「September 14」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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