14 September

The 14t o September is the 257t day o the year (258t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 108 days bidin.

Events

1973: Gauja Naitional Park

• 1509 - A yirdquauk in Constantinople kills 13,000 fowk.
• 1752 - Great Breetain an its colonies adopt the Gregorian Calendar.
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt acomes the 26t Preses o the Unitit States efter the shuitin daith o William McKinley.
• 1972 - Wast Germany establishes poleetical relations wi Poland.
• 1973 - Gauja Naitional Park acomes the first Naitional Park in Latvie (then pairt o the Soviet Union).
• 1982 - Grace Kelly, actress an Princess o Monaco, dies frae injuries in a car crash.
• 1988 - Hurricane Gilbert hits Mexico, killin 200 fowk.
• 1999 - Kiribati, Tonga an Nauru join the Unitit Naitions.
• 2003 - A majority o voters in Estonie support entry intae the European Union.
• 2003 - A majority o voters in Swaden oppose the adoption o the Euro currency.
• 2015 - Prime Meenister o Australie Tony Abbott loses a leadership contest in the Australie Liberal Pairty tae Malcolm Turnbull.
• 2015 - Gravitational waves are observed for the first time.

Births

Alexander von Humboldt

• 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo, Spainyie poet an politeecian (d. 1645)
• 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian componer (d. 1842)
• 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German scientist, splorer, writer an politeecian (d. 1859)
• 1817 - Theodor Storm, German writer (d. 1888)
• 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakie politeecian (d. 1948)
• 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• 1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian sangster an muisicker
• 1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress
• 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, Prime meenister o Roushie
• 1973 - Nas, American rapper, sangwriter an actor
• 1979 - Ivica Olic, Croatie fitbawer
• 1981 - Ashley Roberts, American sangster, actress an dancer
• 1983 - Amy Winehouse, Inglis sangster-sangwriter (d. 2011)
• 1986 - Steven Naismith, Scots fitbawer

Daiths

• 1523 - Pape Adrian VI (b. 1459)
• 1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer (b. 1625)
• 1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1756)
• 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (b. 1789)
• 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke o Wellington, Breetish general an Prime meenister (b. 1769)
• 1901 - William McKinley, 25t Preses o the Unitit States (b. 1843)
• 1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)
• 1937 - Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovakie politeecian (b. 1850)
• 1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress an Princess o Monaco (b. 1929)
• 2005 - Robert Wise, American film director (b. 1914)
• 2009 - Patrick Swayze, American actor an dancer (b. 1952)

Halidays

• Hindi Divas
• Ingineers' Day (Romanie)
• San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)