The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. Date: September 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI. Date: September 14, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party. Date: September 14, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)
President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. Date: September 14, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Date: September 14, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1984 📅 On This Day (Today)
Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic. Date: September 14, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. Date: September 14, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. Date: September 14, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: September 14, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. Date: September 14, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)