on this day ..............

the continuing on this day series, today Sept 14th in the fine year of ......................

1146

Zangi of the Near East is murdered. The Sultan Nur ad-Din, his son, pursues the conquest of Edessa.

1321

Dante Alighieri dies of malaria just hours after finishing writing Paradiso.

1544

Henry VIII's forces take Boulogne, France.

1741

George Frideric Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days

1752

Britain (and American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)

1773

Russian forces under Aleksandr Suvorov successfully storm a Turkish fort at Hirsov, Turkey.

1791

Louis XVI swears his allegiance to the French constitution.

1812

Napoleon occupies Moscow and the fires start, extinguished by the 19th

1853

The Allies land at Eupatoria on the west coast of Crimea.

1862

At the battles of South Mountain and Crampton's Gap, Maryland Union troops smash into the Confederates as they close in on what will become the Antietam battleground.

1901

Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as the 26th President of the United States upon the death of William McKinley, who was shot eight days earlier.

1911

Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is mortally wounded in an assassination attempt at the Kiev opera house.

1939

World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut

1949

India's Constituent Assembly adopts Hindi as an official language. Celebrated today as Hindi Day.

1956

1st prefrontal lobotomy performed in Washington, D.C.

1960

Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia & Venezuela form Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

1975

Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by Pope Paul VI at the Vatican in Rome, becoming the first American-born Catholic saint.

1982

Princess Grace of Monaco died from injuries sustained in a car crash the previous day.

1994

Acting commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by players.
1999

Millions flee from Hurricane Floyd, on the 14th, Floyd approached the Bahamas and looked to be on a collision course with central Florida. Walt Disney World closed its doors in preparation.

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