September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer (d. 2011)
1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)
1880 – Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)
1716 - 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor)
1868 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)
1963 - Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls & a boy
2011 - Amelia Rose Watkinson reforms a perpetual 20 years of life on planet earth
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