September 14
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- The 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar
On this day . . .
- The Gregorian calendar is adopted in Britain (1752)
- First English board game sold (1759)
- Francis Scott Key writes The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the U.S. (1814)
- First recorded golfing hole-in-one (1868)
- The first penalty kick in an English League football game was taken (1891)
- Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th U.S. president (1901)
- The Soviet Lunik II became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon (1959)
- TV series The Waltons premieres on CBS (1972)
- Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, dies in a car crash. (1982)
Births
- Peter Scott, British artist and ornithologist (1909)
- Sam Neill, British-born actor (1947)
- Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (1959)
- Amy Winehouse, British singer (1983)
Deaths
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, English soldier and politician (1852)
- Isadora Duncan, American dancer (1927)
- Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (1982)
- Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and songwriter (2009)