Summary of the Day ✨ 14 September (14/09)
On this day, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin began its journey to Westminster Hall for public viewing while scientists announced the groundbreaking first observation of gravitational waves. Meanwhile, Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for attacking Saudi oil facilities, a Russian plane crash killed all 88 passengers, and Northern Rock experienced the UK’s first bank run in 150 years.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen’s coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.
- 2019: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
- 2015: The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
- 2008: Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
- 2007: Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2003: In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2003: Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
- 2002: Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
- 2001: Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation’s capital.
- 2000: Microsoft releases Windows Me.
- 1999: Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 1998: Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1997: Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- 1994: The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1993: Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Han, South Korean rapper
- 1997: Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter
- 1997: Dominic Solanke, English footballer
- 1996: Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
- 1996: Myles Wright, English professional footballer
- 1995: Jevon Carter, American basketball player
- 1995: Deshaun Watson, American football player
- 1994: Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
- 1994: Gary Harris, American basketball player
- 1994: Daniel O’Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
- 1994: Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1993: Brandon Brown, American race car driver
- 1992: Connor Fields, American cyclist
- 1992: Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1992: Zico, South Korean rapper
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois
- 2025: Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978)
- 2024: Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)
- 2024: Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)
- 2021: Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)
- 2018: Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)
- 2018: Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)
- 2015: Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)
- 2015: Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)
- 2015: Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)
- 2015: Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)
- 2014: Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)
- 2014: Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)
- 2014: E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
- 2013: Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel) - Christian feast day:
Crescentius of Rome - Christian feast day:
Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox) - Christian feast day:
Lord of Miracles of Buga - Christian feast day:
Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse (one of the Martyr Saints of China) - Christian feast day:
Maternus of Cologne - Christian feast day:
Notburga - Christian feast day:
September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Engineer’s Day (Romania)
- Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
- Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
- San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)