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Events:C/P.
81 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
629 Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
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.
1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
1741 George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1763 Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
1791 The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire.
1808 Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
1812 Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armιe enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
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.
1829 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1846 Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
1847 MexicanAmerican War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico 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.
1917 Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1939 World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł 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.
1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
1958 The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1960 Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
1969 The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
1975 The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1979 Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
1982 President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1985 Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
1987 The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
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.
1995 Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
1998 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2000 Microsoft releases Windows ME.
2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
2007 Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
2008 All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.
Events:C/P.
81 Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
629 Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
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.
1180 Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1607 Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
1741 George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1763 Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
1791 The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire.
1808 Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
1812 Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armιe enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
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.
1829 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1846 Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
1847 MexicanAmerican War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico 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.
1917 Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1939 World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł 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.
1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
1958 The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1960 Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
1969 The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
1975 The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1979 Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
1982 President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1985 Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
1987 The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
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.
1995 Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
1998 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2000 Microsoft releases Windows ME.
2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
2007 Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
2008 All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.