On this day in History - Sep. 14

1. 0023 - Drusus Julius Caesar dies poisened. Son of the Emperor Tiberius.
2. 0081 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
3. 0258 - Cyprian dies. Bishop of Carthage.
4. 0585 - Emperor Bidatsu dies (b. 0538). Emperor of Japan.
5. 0775 - Constantine V dies (b. 0718). Byzantine Emperor.
   
6. 0786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi
7. 0786 - Al-Hadi dies. Abbasid caliph.
8. 0891 - Pope Stephen V dies.
9. 1146 - Zengi dies (b. 1087). Ruler of Syria.
10. 1164 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan dies (b. 1119).
11. 1169 - Alexios II Komnenos was born (d. 1183). Byzantine emperor.
    
12. 1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
13. 1214 - Albert Avogadro dies (b. 1149). Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
14. 1321 - Dante Alighieri dies (b. 1265). Italian author (The Divine Comedy).
15. 1388 - Claudius Clavus was born. Danish geographer.
16. 1404 - Duke Albert IV of Austria dies (b. 1377).
17. 1435 - John, Duke of Bedford dies (b. 1389). Regent of England.
18. 1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, was born (d. 1535). German alchemist.
19. 1523 - Pope Adrian VI dies (b. 1459).
20. 1538 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda dies (b. 1483). German nobleman.
21. 1543 - Claudio Aquaviva was born (d. 1615). Italian Jesuit.
22. 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was born (d. 1619). Dutch statesman.
23. 1580 - Francisco de Quevedo was born (d. 1645). Spanish writer.
24. 1596 - Francisco de Toledo dies (b. 4 Oct 1532). Spanish teologist and philosopher.
25. 1605 - Jan Tarnowski dies (b. 1550). Archbishop of Krakow.
26. 1607 - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
27. 1617 - Peter Lely was born. Dutch painter.
28. 1638 - John Harvard dies (b. 1607). American clergyman.
29. 1646 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex dies (b. 1591). English Civil War general.
30. 1656 - Thomas Baker was born (d. 1746). English antiquarian.
31. 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
32. 1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini dies (b. 1625). Italian-born astronomer.
33. 1713 - Johann Kies was born (d. 1781). German mathematician.
34. 1721 - Eliphalet Dyer was born (d. 1807). American statesman and judge.
35. 1737 - Michael Haydn was born (d. 1806). Austrian composer.
36. 1743 - Nicolas Lancret dies (b. 1690). French painter.
37. 1749 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham dies (b. 1675). English soldier and politician.
38. 1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (September 2 was followed directly by September 14 this year).
39. 1759 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm dies (b. 1712). French military commander.
40. 1760 - Luigi Cherubini was born (d. 1842). Italian composer.
41. 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt was born (d. 1859). German naturalist and explorer.
42. 1771 - Nikolay Raevsky was born (d. 1829). Russian general and statesman.
43. 1804 - John Gould was born (d. 1881). English ornithologist.
44. 1804 - Louis Desiré Maigret was born (d. 1882). French Catholic prelate.
45. 1807 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend dies (b. 1724). British field marshal.
46. 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
47. 1812 - Fundação do Condado de Madison.
48. 1814 - The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
49. 1814 - Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.
50. 1829 - The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
51. 1836 - Aaron Burr dies (b. 1756). Vice President of the United States.
52. 1837 - Nikolai Bugaev was born (d. 1903). Russian mathematician.
53. 1846 - Joaquín Costa Martinez was born in Monzón, Huesca († 8 Feb 1911). Spanish politician.
54. 1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
55. 1849 - Ivan Pavlov was born (d. 1936). Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
56. 1850 - Anton Mahnič was born (d. 1920). Slovenian Roman Catholic bishop, author and theologian.
    
57. 1851 - James Fenimore Cooper dies (b. 1789). American author.
58. 1852 - Augustus Pugin dies (b. 1812). English architect.
59. 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington dies (b. 1769). British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
60. 1860 - Hamlin Garland was born (d. 1940). American writer.
61. 1862 - American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
62. 1864 - Robert Cecil was born (d. 1958). British politician and diplomat who won the 1937 Nobel Prize for Peace.
    
63. 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson was born (d. 1944). American artist.
64. 1868 - Nasce, em Acarati (CE), o Pde. António Tomás de Sales (m. 16 Jul 1941 em Fortaleza). Poliglota e sonetista, foi eleito príncipe dos poetas cearenses. A sua obra foi reunida postumamente.
65. 1869 - Kid Nichols was born (d. 1953). American baseball player.
66. 1872 - John Olof Dahlgren was born (d. 1963). American recipient of the Medal of Honor.
    
67. 1879 - Margaret Sanger was born (d. 1966). American birth control advocate.
68. 1879 - Bernhard von Cotta dies (b. 1808). German geologist.
69. 1880 - Archie Hahn was born (d. 1955). American athlete.
70. 1880 - Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov) was born (d. 1961). Orthodox missionary and writer.
71. 1886 - Typewriter ribbon patented.
72. 1886 - Jan Masaryk was born (d. 1948). Czech foreign minister and diplomat.
73. 1886 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard dies (b. 1802). American land speculator.
74. 1889 - Maria Capovilla was born (d. 2006). Previous oldest living person.
75. 1891 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov was born (d. 1983). Russian mathematician.
76. 1898 - Ernest Nash was born (d. 1974). German-born archaeologist.
77. 1898 - Hal B. Wallis was born (d. 1986). American film producer.
78. 1898 - Couto de Magalhães dies (b. 1 Nov. 1837). Brazilian politician and writer.
79. 1898 - William Seward Burroughs dies (b. 1857). American inventor.
80. 1901 - 25 th President of the United States William McKinley (b. 1843) dies in Buffalo, N.Y. after an assassination attempt. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
81. 1902 - Giorgos Papasideris was born (d. 1977). Greek musician.
82. 1905 - Ismael Silva was born (d. 1978). Brazilian singer.
83. 1905 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà) dies (b. 1852). Franco-Italian explorer.
84. 1909 - Peter Scott was born (d. 1989). English naturalist, artist, and explorer.
85. 1910 - Jack Hawkins was born (d. 1973). British actor.
86. 1910 - Yiannis Latsis was born (d. 2003). Greek shipping tycoon.
87. 1910 - Huo Yuan Jia dies. Chinese martial artist, founder of the martial arts school Jing Wu Men in Shanghai.
88. 1913 - Annalisa Ericson wasd born. Swedish actress.
89. 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz was born (d. 1971). President of Guatemala (1951-1954).
90. 1914 - Clayton Moore was born (d. 1999). American actor.
91. 1914 - Kay Medford was born (d. 1980). American actress.
92. 1914 - Lída Baarová was born (d. 2000). Czech actress.
93. 1914 - Robert McCloskey was born (d. 2003). American author.
94. 1916 - John Heyer was born (d. 2001). Australian documentary filmmaker.
95. 1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre dies. Spanish engineer, playwright and politician. 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
96. 1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed as a republic.
97. 1917 - Fundação da cidade de Presidente Prudente (S. Paulo - Brasil).
98. 1918 – Cachao López was born (d. 2008). Cuban musicien.
    
99. 1918 - Georges Berger was born (d. 1967). Belgian racing driver.
100. 1920 - Alberto Calderón was born (d. 1998). Argentinian mathematician
101. 1920 - Lawrence Klein was born. American economist, Nobel Prize laureate.
102. 1920 - Mario Benedetti was born. Uruguayan writer.
103. 1921 - A. Jean de Grandpré was born. Canadian businessman and chief executive officer (Bell Canada).
104. 1921 - Dario Vittori was born (d. 2001) Argentine
105. actor.
106. 1922 - Michel Auclair was born (d. 1988). French actor.
107. 1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
108. 1923 - Nicholas Georgiadis was born (d. 2001). Greek painter, stage and costume designer.
     
109. 1924 - Abioseh Nicol was born (d. 1994). Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author.
110. 1926 - Michel Butor was born. French novelist.
111. 1927 – Jim Fanning, American baseball player and manager
112. 1927 - Martin Caidin was born (d. 1997). American aviation writer.
113. 1927 - Isadora Duncan dies in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel other sports car (b. 1877). American modern dance pioneer.
114. 1929 - Larry Collins was born (d. 2005). American writer.
115. 1929 - Maurice Vachon was born. French Canadian professional wrestler.
116. 1930 - Allan Bloom was born (d. 1992). American academic.
117. 1932 - Harry Sinden was born. National Hockey League executive.
118. 1932 - John Tembo was born. Malawian politician.
119. 1933 - Harve Presnell was born. American actor.
120. 1933 - Zoe Caldwell was born. American actress.
121. 1934 - Kate Millett was born. American feminist writer.
122. 1934 - Sarah Kofman was born. French philosopher.
123. 1935 - Amanda Barrie was born. British actress.
124. 1935 - Fujio Akatsuka was born (d. 2008). Japanese cartoonist.
     
125. 1936 - Ferid Murad was born. American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
126. 1936 - Harry Danielsen was born. Norwegian politician.
127. 1936 - Nicol Williamson was born. Scottish-born actor.
128. 1936 - Walter Koenig was born. American actor.
129. 1936 - Irving Thalberg dies (b. 1899). American film producer.
130. 1937 - Renzo Piano was born. Italian architect.
131. 1937 - Tomás Masaryk dies (b. 1850). First President of Czechoslovakia.
132. 1938 - Nicol Williamson was born. Scottish-born actor.
133. 1939 - DeWitt Weaver was born. American professional golfer.
134. 1940 - US Congress passed the Selective Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.
135. 1940 - Jacques Godin was born. Canadian film and television actor.
136. 1940 - Larry Brown was born. American basketball coach.
137. 1941 - Alberto Naranjo was born. Venezuelan musician.
138. 1942 - Bernard MacLaverty was born. Northern Irish writer.
139. 1942 - Ezra Seymour Gosney dies (b. 1855). American philanthropist and eugenicist.
140. 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
141. 1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
142. 1944 – Günter Netzer was born. German footballer.
143. 1944 - Joey Heatherton was born. American actress and singer.
144. 1945 - Martin Tyler was born. British sports broadcaster.
145. 1946 – Jim Angle was born. American television reporter.
146. 1947 - Jon "Bowzer" Bauman was born. American singer in musical group "Sha Na Na".
147. 1947 - Sam Neill was born in North Ireland. New Zealand actor.
148. 1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
149. 1948 - Hungary becomes member of UNESCO.
150. 1948 - Marc Reisner was born (d. 2000). American writer.
     
151. 1948 - Vera Gimenez was born. Brazilian actress.
152. 1949 - Ed King was born. American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
153. 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa was born. Japanese rock singer.
154. 1949 - Tommy Seebach was born (d. 2003). Danish musician.
155. 1949 - Steve Gaines was born (d. 1977). American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd).
156. 1950 - Oscar Osorio becomes President of San Salvador.
157. 1950 - Masami Kuwashima was born. Japanese Formula One driver.
158. 1950 - Michael Nifong was born. North Carolina district attorney.
159. 1950 - Paul Kossoff was born (d. 1976). British guitarist (Free).
160. 1951 - Arrigo Barnabé was born. Brazilian musician and actor.
161. 1951 - Fritz Busch dies (b. 1890). German conductor.
162. 1953 - Judy Playfair was born. Australian swimmer.
163. 1953 - Tom Cora was born (d. 1998). American cellist and composer.
     
164. 1954 - Barry Cowsill was born (d. 2005). American musician (The Cowsills).
     
165. 1956 - José María Lemus López becomes President of San Salvador.
166. 1956 - Kostas Karamanlis was born. Greek prime-minister.
167. 1956 - Lefteris Zagoritis was born. Greek politician.
168. 1956 - Nathalie Roussel was born. French actress
169. 1956 - Ray Wilkins was born. English former footballer.
170. 1957 – Kepler Wessels, former Australian and South African cricketer.
171. 1957 - Tim Wallach was born. American baseball player.
172. 1958 - The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
173. 1958 - Two rockets of the German engineer Ernst Mohr reach as first German post-war rockets the upper atmosphere.
174. 1958 - Arlindo Cruz was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian singer, composer and instrumentist.
175. 1958 - Beth Nielsen Chapman was born. American singer-songwriter.
176. 1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
177. 1959 - Morten Harket was born. Norwegian singer (a-ha).
178. 1959 - Wayne Morris dies (b. 1914). American actor.
179. 1959 - Mary Crosby was born. Actress.
180. 1960 - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
181. 1960 - Callum Keith Rennie was born. Canadian actor.
182. 1960 - Melissa Leo was born. American actress.
183. 1960 - Ricardo Aleixo was born in Belo Horizonte, MG. Brazilian writer, poet and musician
184. 1960 - M. Karagatsis dies (b. 1908). Greek author.
185. 1961 - Jorge Basgall dies. Argentine poet.
186. 1962 - Tom Kurvers was born. American ice hockey player.
187. 1963 - Robin Singh was born. Indian cricketer.
188. 1964 - The opening of the third period of Second Vatican Council.
189. 1964 - Faith Ford was born. American actress.
190. 1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
191. 1965 - Dmitry Medvedev was born. President of Russia.
192. 1965 - Michelle Stafford was born. American actress.
193. 1965 - J.W. Hearne dies (b. 1891). English cricketer.
194. 1966 - Mike Cooley was born. American guitarist.
195. 1966 - Gertrude Berg dies (b. 1899). American actress.
196. 1967 - Ashlyn Gere was born. American pornographic actress.
197. 1967 - Jens Lien was born. Norwegian film director.
     
198. 1968 - Michelle Stafford was born. American actress.
199. 1969 - Tyler Perry was born. American actor.
200. 1969 - Konstantinos Koukodimos was born. Greek long jumper.
201. 1970 - Ben Garant was born. American actor.
202. 1970 - Craig Montoya was born. American musician (Everclear).
203. 1970 - Francesco Casagrande was born. Italian cyclist.
204. 1971 - Andre Matos was born. Brazilian musician.
205. 1971 - Jeff Loomis was born. American guitarist (Nevermore).
206. 1971 - Kimberly Williams was born. American actress.
207. 1971 - Mateus Nunes (Caco Velho) dies. Brazilian singer and composer.
208. 1972 - David Bell was born. Baseball player.
209. 1973 - Andrew Lincoln was born. British actor
210. 1973 - Linvoy Primus was born. English footballer.
211. 1973 – Mike Ward was born. Canadian comedian.
212. 1973 - Nas was born. American rapper.
213. 1973 - Terrell Fletcher was born. American football player.
214. 1973 - Tony Bui was born. Vietnamese film director.
215. 1974 - Chad Bradford was born. American baseball player.
216. 1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj was born. Moroccan athlete.
217. 1974 - Sunday Oliseh was born. Nigerian football player.
218. 1974 - Warren Hull dies (b. 1903). American actor.
219. 1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
220. 1976 - Agustín Calleri was born. Argentine tennis player.
221. 1976 - Jeremy Dunham was born. Video game journalist.
222. 1978 - Em Portugal, é derrubado o III Governo Constitucional com os votos conjuntos do PS, do CDS e da UDP.
223. 1978 - Ben Cohen was born. English rugby union footballer.
224. 1978 - Carmen Kass was born. Estonian model.
225. 1978 - Danielle Peck was born. Country music singer.
226. 1978 - Silvia Navarro was born. Mexican actress.
227. 1979 - Jesse Marunde was born (d. 2007). American strongman/athlete.
     
228. 1979 - Ricardo Pereira was born. Portuguese actor and comedian.
229. 1980 - Abertura oficial do XIX Festival Internacional de Cinema da Figueira da Foz com a antestreia do filme Kilas, o Mau da Fita, do realizador português José Fonseca e Costa.
230. 1980 – Ayọ was born. German singer.
231. 1980 - Phillip Tobias was born. American illustrator and musician.
232. 1981 - Papa João Paulo II publica a encíclica "Laborem Exercens".
233. 1981 - Ashley Roberts was born. American singer, dancer & actress (Pussycat Dolls).
234. 1981 – Katie Lee was born. American television presenter.
235. 1981 - Miyavi was born. Japanese singer and actor.
236. 1981 - Yumi Adachi was born. Japanese actress.
237. 1981 - Furry Lewis dies (b. 1899). American blues guitarist.
238. 1982 - President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
239. 1982 - Hiroki Narimiya was born. Japanese actor.
240. 1982 – Petr Průcha was born. Czechoslovakian hockey player.
241. 1982 – SoShy was born. French singer/songwriter.
242. 1982 - Bachir Gemayel dies killed by a bomb (b. 1947). President-elect of Lebanon.
243. 1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, Grace Kelly, dies (b. 1929). American actress.
244. 1982 - John Gardner dies (b. 1933). American novelist.
245. 1982 - Christian Ferras dies (b. 1933). French violinist.
246. 1983 - Amy Winehouse was born. English singer.
247. 1983 - Frostee Rucker was born. American football player.
248. 1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
249. 1984 - Adam Lamberg was born. American actor.
250. 1984 - Melissa McGhee was born. American singer.
251. 1984 - Fernanda Vasconcellos was born. Brazilian actress.
252. 1984 - Janet Gaynor dies (b. 1906). American actress.
253. 1985 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon released the Rev. Benjamin Weir after holding him captive for 16 months.
254. 1985 - Aya Ueto was born. Japanese actress idol and singer.
255. 1985 - Delmon Young was born. American baseball player.
256. 1985 - Paolo Gregoletto was born. American Bassist (Trivium).
257. 1986 - A. J. Trauth was born. American actor.
258. 1986 - Ai Takahashi was born. Japanese singer (Morning Musume).
259. 1986 - Alan Sheehan was born. Irish football player.
260. 1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
261. 1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league record for most home runs in a single game - 10 - versus the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams - 11. The game also marked the end of Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this is not a record officially kept by MLB.
262. 1987 - Michael Crabtree was born. American football player.
263. 1988 - Kirsten Haglund was born. American Beauty Queen.
264. 1989 - Jesse James was born. American actor.
265. 1989 - Logan Henderson was born. American actor and musician.
266. 1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado dies (b. 1916). Cuban musician.
267. 1990 - Ken Griffey, Jr. and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
268. 1991 - O cineasta português Manoel de Oliveira recebe o Prémio Especial do Júri do Festival de Cinema de Veneza pelo seu filme A Divina Comédia.
269. 1991 - Julie Bovasso dies (b. 1930). American actor and writer.
270. 1992 - Paul Joseph James Martin dies (b. 1903). Canadian politician.
271. 1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled due to strike.
272. 1995 - Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan.
     
273. 1995 - Maurice K. Goddard dies. The "father" of Pennsylvania state parks.
274. 1996 - Juliet Prowse dies (b. 1937). British actress and dancer.
275. 1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
276. 1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
277. 1999 - Charles Crichton dies (b. 1910). English film director.
278. 2000 - Microsoft introduced the last update to the OS, MS-DOS (Version 8.0).
279. 2000 - Windows Me is released.
280. 2000 - Juan Antonio Samaranch leaves the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), after 20 years.
281. 2000 - Beah Richards dies (b. 1920). American actress.
282. 2001 - Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. While the rest of the world sees the service at the National Cathedral, Canada sees the service on Parliament Hill--"the largest single vigil" ever in their nation's capital.
283. 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush visits the site of the World Trade Center in New York three days after the terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers. Standing on top of the rubble, Bush responds to a fireman's shouts by saying, "I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you, and the people... and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
284. 2001 - Stelios Kazantzidis dies (b. 1931). Greek singer.
285. 2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the Euro (see Results).
286. 2003 - In a referendum Estonia approves joining the European Union.
287. 2003 - Yetunde Price dies murdered. American half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams.
288. 2003 – Garrett Hardin dies (b. 1915). American ecologist.
289. 2003 - John Serry, Sr. dies (b. 1915). American musician.
290. 2004 - Canada wins the 2004 World cup of Hockey.
291. 2004 - Marcelo Bielsa leaves of training the Argentinian football (soccer) team.
292. 2005 - Robert Wise dies (b. 1914). American filmmaker.
293. 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff dies (b. 1932). French writer.
294. 2005 - William Berenberg dies (b. 1915). American physician.
295. 2005 - Vladimir Volkoff dies (b. 1932). French writer.
296. 2006 - Mickey Hargitay dies (b. 1926). Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder.
297. 2006 - Esme Melville dies (b. 1918). Australian actress.
298. 2007 - The traditional Latin Mass was restored in the Roman Catholic Church according to Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.
299. 2008 – Bank of America announces its intention to acquire Merrill Lynch.
300. 2008 – Ştefan Iordache dies (b. 1941). Romanian actor.
301. 2009 – Darren Sutherland dies (b. 1982). Irish boxer.
302. 2009 – Jody Powell dies (b. 1943). American press secretary to Jimmy Carter.
303. 2009 – Keith Floyd dies (b. 1943). British TV chef.
     
304. 2009 – Patrick Swayze dies (b. 1952). American actor, dancer, and songwriter.
     
305. In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.
306. Roman Catholic Church - Triumph of the Cross (compare May 3- Finding of the Holy Cross).
307. Eastern Orthodox Church - Exaltation of the Cross, which commemorates the discovery of the (allegedly) original Christian cross in 326 by Helena, mother of Constantine, as well as the recovery from the Persians by Heraclius in 628.
308. Formerly, in the RC and Anglican churches, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following Sept. 14 were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days. In the Irish calendar they were known as Quarter tense.