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September 14 is the 257th day of the year ... "Historical Events on September 14". OnThisDay.com. This page was last edited on 13 October 2024, at 00:49 ...
However, the earliest recorded commemoration of 14 September as the feast day on a Western calendar is from the 7th century A.D. [13] In the Gallican usage, beginning about the seventh century, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated on 3 May, and called "Crouchmas" (for "Cross Mass" or "Mass Of The Cross") or "Roodmas".
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 ...
Born: Cass Elliot, singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas, in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1974) September 20, 1941 (Saturday) Allied convoy SC 44 was attacked in the North Atlantic by Wolfpack Brandenburg. The CAM ship SS Empire Burton was sunk by U-74 and the cargo ship Pink Star and tanker T.J. Williams were sunk by U-552.
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 2, 1940 (Monday) U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and British Ambassador Lord Lothian exchanged notes concluding an agreement to trade old American destroyers for 99-year leases on British bases. [3] Josef František scored his first kill, a Bf 109E. [4] Byron Nelson won the PGA Championship.
September 12, 1964 (Saturday) Ralph Boston broke the world record for the long jump, leaping 27 feet, 4 + 1⁄4 inches at the U.S. Olympic team qualifying trials in Los Angeles. Boston's leap was an inch greater than the official mark set by Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union in 1962.
February 11 – The coldest temperature recorded up to this time in the continental United States is set as Fort Logan, Montana, records a low of −61 °F (−52 °C). [9] February 12–14 – Great Blizzard of 1899: Freezing temperatures and snow extend well south into North America, including southern Florida.