September 14

Facts & Historical Events On This Day

2017

Singer Selena Gomez shared on Instagram that she had a kidney transplant due to her struggle with lupus.

2015

14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was arrested at school after bringing in a homemade clock, which was mistaken for a bomb.

2003

The people of Estonia voted to approve joining the European Union.

1985

The American sitcom 'The Golden Girls' premiered on NBC.

1975

Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.

1963

Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.

1959

The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon’s surface.

1956

The IBM 305 RAMAC commercial computer was announced to the public.

1949

Hindi became the official language of India.

1939

The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.

1901

Theodore Roosevelt became the US president after former president William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.

1829

The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.

1752

Britain skipped ten days of the Calendar from September 3 to September 13, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar starting on this day.

1716

Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.