September 14

Holidays

• 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.
• Formerly, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following 14 September were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days. In the Irish calendar they were known as Quarter tense.
• Roman Catholic Church - Triumph of the Cross (compare May 3, Finding of the Holy Cross).
• In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.

Events

• 2018 Syrian Civil War: Residents in Idlib, the last Syrian opposition-held territory, demonstrate against President Bashar Assad's government. (ABC News)
• 2017 Iraqi Civil War: 2017 Nasiriyah attacks: Several members of ISIL stage multiple attacks on the outskirts of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar Governorate, killing at least 50 people and injuring 87 others. (BBC) (RT)
• 2016 2016 Davao City bombing: The death toll of the September 2 bombing rises to 15. (CNN)
• 2015 Five Saudi troops are killed following clashes with Houthi militants in the southern Najran region near the border with Yemen. (AFP via Yahoo!)
• 2014 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:: Australia sends combat aircraft and special forces to the Middle East to help in the fight against Islamic State. (The Australian)
• 2013 Syrian civil war:: The United States and Russia reach a deal on Syrian chemical weapons. (Washington Times)
• 2012 2012 Anti-Islam film protests:
• 2011 Taliban attack on Kabul:
• 2010 Three Colombian police officers were killed Monday during a suspected guerrilla attack near the Venezuelan border. (PLA)
• 2009 American actor Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57.
• 2008 (to September 16) The Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles Pre-Long Beach auction is held.
• 2007 The SELENE spacecraft launches. JAXA has called the mission, quotthe largest lunar mission since the Apollo program.quot
• 2006 U.S. Senate committee approves a bill to give more rights to "terrorism" detainees. The White House and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agree that signing the bill into law would end a classified CIA interrogation program, which a recent Supreme Court ruling leaves on tenuous ground. (Chicago Sun-Times) (Wash. Times)
• 2005 The President of Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, the first time such an encounter has been made in public. (BBC)
• 2004 The China Times reports that the People's Republic of China has deployed heavily armed troops to guard the Three Gorges Dam from a possible terrorist attack. (BBC)
• 2003 Top American commander in Iraq Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez authorizes a wide range of new interrogation procedures, including deliberate humiliation, exploiting fear of dogs, sensory deprivation, sensory overload, and stress positions.
• 2002 Tim Montgomery of the United States broke the world record in the 100 meter dash at the IAAF Grand Prix Final, running 9.78 seconds to beat the former record of 9.79 set by Maurice Greene of the United States in 1999.
• 2001 US President George W Bush stands with firefighters and rescue workers at Ground Zero in New York.
• 2000 A tugboat puts a 4-foot gash in US Navy ship USS Detroit, spilling 113,000 litres of oil across Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, USA.
• 1999 Kiribati, Nauru, and Tonga join the United Nations.
• 1998 At the end of the day's stock market trading Microsoft stands as America's most valuable company, at US$261.1 billion. Microsoft and General Electric were both valued at over US$300 billion in July, but Microsoft survived a stock market plunge better, putting it on top.
• 1997 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1996 New York Met Todd Huntley sets record of 41 HRs by a catcher
• 1995 Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
• 1994 All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season
• 1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan)
• 1991 386 yards and scored 7 touchdowns as the Aztecs beat Pacific 55-34
• 1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
• 1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in the USSR, win 4-2
• 1987 Les Miserables, opens at Rock Theatre, Vigzinhaz Budapest
• 1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
• 1985 Susan Akin (Miss), 21, crowned 59th Miss America 1986
• 1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host
• 1983 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
• 1982 36 snow (Red Lodge, MT)
• 1981 Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
• 1980 Charlie & Algernon opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 17 performances
• 1978 Portugal government of Da Costa falls
• 1977 Christmas Tinto sentenced to 7 years in Robbeneiland South Africa
• 1975 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
• 1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter.
• 1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
• 1972 Waltons TV program premieres
• 1971 Cleveland Indians and Washingston Senators, play 20 innings
• 1970 Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]
• 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
• 1968 1st broadcast of 60 Minutes on CBS-TV
• 1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
• 1965 F-Troop premieres
• 1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, gives birth to America's first surviving quintuplets, four girls and a boy.
• 1961 Dmitri Shostakovitch becomes member of CP of the USSR
• 1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC
• 1959 WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1958 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open
• 1957 ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' premieres on CBS.
• 1956 First prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC.
• 1955 Herb Score sets rookie record of 235 strikeouts (en route 245)
• 1954 Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, causing US$50 million damage.
• 1953 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry
• 1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
• 1948 Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters
• 1947 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
• 1944 6,500 Dutch / Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru
• 1943 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marries
• 1942 German troops occupy train station Stalingrad-1
• 1941 The State of Vermont quotdeclares warquot on Germany, by defining the United States to be in quotarmed conflictquot in order to extend a wartime bonus to Vermonters in the service. Boston.com
• 1940 German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
• 1939 British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
• 1933 Schaduwproces-Rijksdagbrand opens in London
• 1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri
• 1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
• 1929 49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64)
• 1927 An underwater earthquake in Japan kills over 100 people.
• 1926 Guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens
• 1924 Walter Johnson elected AL MVP
• 1923 Jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1917 Kerenski regime declares Russian Republic
• 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches and wins his final game.
• 1914 German staff-chief von Moltke replaces von Falkenhayn
• 1913 27th US Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75)
• 1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated
• 1903 New York Giants Red Ames no-hits Saint Louis, 5-0 in a five inning game.
• 1901 US President William McKinley dies in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier.
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Top #1 songs in the USA

• 2017 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do
• 2016 The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey - Closer
• 2015 The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
• 2014 Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
• 2013 Katy Perry - Roar
• 2012 Flo Rida - Whistle
• 2011 Adele - Someone Like You
• 2010 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
• 2009 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
• 2008 T.I. - Whatever You Like
• 2007 Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)
• 2006 Justin Timberlake - SexyBack
• 2005 Kanye West - Gold Digger
• 2004 Ciara - Goodies
• 2003 Nelly - Shake Ya Tailfeather
• 2002 Nelly - Dilemma
• 2001 Jennifer Lopez - I'm Real
• 2000 Madonna - Music
• 1999 TLC - Unpretty
• 1998 Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
• 1997 Mariah Carey - Honey
• 1996 Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
• 1995 Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
• 1994 Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love To You
• 1993 Mariah Carey - Dreamlover
• 1992 Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
• 1991 Paula Abdul - The Promise Of A New Day
• 1991 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
• 1990 Wilson Phillips - Release Me
• 1989 Gloria Estefan - Don't Wanna Lose You
• 1988 Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
• 1987 Los Lobos - La Bamba
• 1986 Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From Top Gun)
• 1985 John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)
• 1984 Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
• 1983 Michael Sembello - Maniac
• 1982 Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
• 1981 Diana Ross - Endless Love
• 1980 Diana Ross - Upside Down
• 1979 The Knack - My Sharona
• 1978 Taste Of Honey, A - Boogie Oogie Oogie
• 1977 Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
• 1976 K.C and the Sunshine Band - (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty
• 1975 Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
• 1974 Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
• 1973 Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn
• 1972 Three Dog Night - Black & White
• 1971 Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
• 1970 Edwin Starr - War
• 1969 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
• 1968 The Rascals - People Got To Be Free
• 1967 Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
• 1966 The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
• 1965 The Beatles - Help!
• 1964 The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
• 1963 The Angels - My Boyfriend's Back
• 1962 The 4 Seasons - Sherry
• 1961 The Highwaymen - Michael
• 1960 Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
• 1959 The Browns - The Three Bells
• 1958 Domenico Modugno - Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)
• 1957 Debbie Reynolds - Tammy
• 1955 Mitch Miller Orchestra & Chorus - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
• 1955 Pat Boone - Ain't That A Shame
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Top #1 Rock songs

• 2017 Imagine Dragons - Believer
• 2016 twenty one pilots - Heathens
• 2015 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance
• 2014 Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)
• 2013 Lorde - Royals
• 2012 Green Day - Oh Love
• 2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
• 2010 Linkin Park - The Catalyst
• 2009 Linkin Park - New Divide