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September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600
Kev McMurdo. SGT. Roy Geddes (WIA) The September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion was a Taliban raid on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan 's Helmand province on the night of 14 September 2012. [1] The base hosted British, American, Danish and Tongan military personnel at the time of the attack.
September 1939. World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated the Axis powers of Nazi Germany, Japan and Italy in 1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy ...
September 4, 1941 (Thursday) The Greer incident occurred in the North Atlantic when the German submarine U-652 fired a torpedo at the American destroyer USS Greer, perhaps believing that the American ship had launched an attack that had actually come from a British bomber. The Finnish conquest of East Karelia began.
Highlights of this day in history: America mourns victims of Sept. 11th attacks; Theodore Roosevelt becomes President; 'The Star-Spangled Banner' written; Monaco's Princess Grace dies; Baseball ...
September 19, 1944 (Tuesday) The Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union came to an end with the signing of the Moscow Armistice. The Battle for Brest ended in Allied victory. The Battle of Păuliș ended in Romanian-Soviet victory. The Battle of Hürtgen Forest began between German and U.S. forces in the Hürtgen Forest along the ...
September 1, 1940 (Sunday) The Italians captured Buna, Kenya. [1] Biggin Hill aerodrome in Kent was heavily damaged by a German bombing raid. [2] The New England hurricane reached peak intensity as it passed by Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The storm did $4 million in damage and resulted in 7 fatalities.
September 14, 2021 (Tuesday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Somali Civil War. An al-Shabaab suicide bomber blows himself up at a tea shop near a military base in Mogadishu, killing six soldiers and three civilians and injuring 11 others. (Al Jazeera) Aftermath of the assassination of Jovenel Moïse.