14 September
Notable Births
Han (musician)
b. 2000
South Korean singer and rapper (born 2000)
Benjamin Ingrosso
b. 1997
Swedish singer and songwriter
Dominic Solanke
b. 1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Jevon Carter
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Deshaun Watson
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Brahim Darri
b. 1994
Dutch footballer (born 1994)
Gary Harris
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Daniel O'Shaughnessy
b. 1994
Finnish footballer (born 1994)
Krasimir Stanoev
b. 1994
Bulgarian footballer
Brandon Brown (racing driver)
b. 1993
American racing driver (born 1993)
Connor Fields (BMX rider)
b. 1992
American professional BMX racer
Cassie Sharpe
b. 1992
Canadian freestyle skier (born 1992)
Zico (rapper)
b. 1992
South Korean rapper (born 1992)
Dee Milliner
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Nana (entertainer)
b. 1991
South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)
Shayne Topp
b. 1991
American YouTuber and comedian (born 1991)
Douglas Costa
b. 1990
Brazilian footballer (born 1990)
Petar Filipović
b. 1990
German footballer
Cecilie Pedersen (Norwegian footballer)
b. 1990
Norwegian footballer (born 1990)
Jimmy Butler
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Notable Deaths
Jim Edgar
d. 2025
American politician (1946–2025)
Ricky Hatton
d. 2025
British professional boxer (1978–2025)
Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
d. 2024
Kuwaiti royal and politician (1942–2024)
Otis Davis
d. 2024
American sprinter (1932–2024)
Norm Macdonald
d. 2021
Canadian comedian (1959–2021)
Ethel Johnson (wrestler)
d. 2018
American professional wrestler
Zienia Merton
d. 2018
British actress (1945–2018)
Fred DeLuca
d. 2015
American businessman (1947–2015)
Martin Kearns
d. 2015
Musical artist
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
d. 2015
Romanian politician, poet and writer (1949–2015)
Tony Auth
d. 2014
American cartoonist (1942–2014)
Maksym Bilyi (footballer, born 1989)
d. 2013
Ukrainian footballer
Osama El-Baz
d. 2013
Egyptian diplomat
Faith Leech
d. 2013
Australian swimmer
Eduardo Castro Luque
d. 2012
Mexican politician
Winston Rekert
d. 2012
Canadian actor
Kan Yuet-keung
d. 2012
Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer
Malcolm Wallop
d. 2011
American politician (1933–2011)
Keith Floyd
d. 2009
English cook and television personality (1943–2009)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
d. 1852
British Army officer and statesman (1769–1852)
On This Day in History
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2022
Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.
Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
2019
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Yemen
2015
The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
First observation of gravitational waves
2008
Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
Aeroflot Flight 821
2007
Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
2008 financial crisis
2003
In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
2003 Estonian European Union membership referendum
2003
Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
Kumba Yala
2002
Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561
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.
Washington National Cathedral
2000
Microsoft releases Windows Me.
Microsoft
1999
Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Kiribati
1998
Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
MCI Communications
1997
Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express
1994
The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
Major League Baseball
1993
Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
Lufthansa Flight 2904
1992
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1989
The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
Standard Gravure shooting
1985
Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
Penang Bridge
1984
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Joseph Kittinger
1982
President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
Bachir Gemayel