Friday, September 14, 2012

September 14th in History


1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.

1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).


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.


1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.

1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.

Famous Birthdays:

1860 - Hamlin Garland, writer

1885 - Vittorio Gui, conductor

1920 - Lawrence Klein, economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1934 - Sarah Kofman, philosopher

1963 - Robin Singh, cricketer

1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russia

1984 - Adam Lamberg, actor




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