Historical Events In September - 14

1923  On this day in history miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain   

1923  On September - 14 jack Dempsey KOs Luis Firpo in 2 for heavyweight boxing title   

1924  Walter Johnson elected AL MVP on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)   

1925  M L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70) on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history guido Companions birthplace as a museum opens   

1926  On this day in history hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer   

1926  On this day in history johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74   

1927  On September - 14 isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel   

1928  Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers) on September - 14.   

1929  49th US Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) on September - 14.   

1929  On September - 14 john Gutfreund   

1930  On this day in history after stormtroopers terrorize political opponents, Nazi seats in Reichstag rise from 12 to 107.   

1930  Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6 on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri   

1932  On September - 14 harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)   

1932  Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1933  On this day in history 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire   

1933  On September - 14 harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)   

1936  Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times on September - 14.   

1936  Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58 on September - 14.   

1937  Tomés G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87) on this day in history.   

1938  On September - 14 graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight   

1939  On this day in history british fleet attacks German U-39 boat   

1940  On September - 14 congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

1940  On September - 14 congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

1942  HMCS OTTAWA (RCN, ex 'Crusader'), sunk east of Newfoundland by 1 torpedo from German U.91 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history hMS COVENTRY (AA), sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean, northwest of Alexandria, Egypt by German Ju87 divebombers.   

1942  On this day in history hMS SIKH, sunk off Tobruk, eastern Libya - by German shore batteries. during landings Royal Marines for British combined operations raid on Tobruk   

1942  On this day in history hMS ZULU,sunk NW of Alexandria, Egypt (c 32-00'N, 29-00'E) - by Italian/German force of Ju87 and Ju88 bombers, while returning to Alexandria after combined operations raid on Tobruk   

1942  Battle of Edson's Ridge (Japanese assault) at Guadalcanal on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marries   

1944  On this day in history united States troops arrive at the German border and proceed, with the British and Canadians, to launch an offensive to reach the Rhine.   

1944  6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru on this day in history.   

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1169  Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183) was born on September - 14.   

1388  On September - 14 birth of claudius Clavus, Danish geographer   

1486  Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer was born on September - 14.   

1531  Philipp Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geography/cartographer was born on September - 14.   

1543  Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On this day in history birth of johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary   

1580  On this day in history birth of francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (d. 1645)   

1644  On September - 14 birth of gijsbert Cuper, Dutch classicist/regent   

0258  Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

0407  Johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies on September - 14.   

0585  Death of Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538) on this day in history.   

0775  On this day in history death of constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)   

0786  Death of Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph on September - 14.   

0891  Stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies on September - 14.   

1146  On September - 14 death of imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered   

1164  Death of Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119) on this day in history.