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September 14: Day of the Week
September 14, 2024 is the 258th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
September 14 Historical Event(s)
786
“Night of the three Caliphs”: Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun’s son al-Ma'mun.
1607
Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
1862
American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
1901
President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
1939
World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ship ORP in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
1944
World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
1959
The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1992
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
1994
The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
Who were born on September 14?
1918
Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (d. 1967)
1920
Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer (d. 2009)
1922
Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)
1924
Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)
1933
Zoe Caldwell, Australian stage actress
1935
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (d. 2008)
1947
Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, American singer (Sha Na Na)
1949
Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1956
Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister
1978
Danielle Peck, country music singer
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