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On This Day In History for September 14, 2016
This is the 258th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining in 2016.
- It was on this date in 1741 that George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.
- The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) on this date in 1752.
- Also today in 1814, The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- September 14, 1917, Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village on this date in 1954.
- That same date in 1958, The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- It was 57 years ago today that The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 56 years ago today, The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean on this date in 1984.
- That same date in 1985, Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- September 14, 1998, Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- That same date in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows ME.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Danish geographer and cartographer Claudius Clavus, born on this date in 1388.
- Also born September 14, 1486 – German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
- Johann Kies, the German astronomer and mathematician was born today in 1713.
- German geographer and explorer Alexander von Humboldt was also born today in 1769.
- Our token Russian mathematician this week – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov was born September 14, 1891.
- TV’s original Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore was born 102 years ago.
- Astronomer, author, and designer of the Dobsonian telescope, John Dobson was born today in 1915.
- The founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (or EAA), Paul Poberenzy would have been 95 today
- Born on this date in 1930 – Physicist and engineer, Eugene I Gordon.
- The man who designed the Shard and The New York Times Building, architect and engineer Renzo Piano is 81.
- and finally, the man you want to follow into the zombie apocalypse, English Actor Andrew Lincoln is 43.
Listener birthday calendar
- 01 – David Kloempken
- 02 – Scott Tyler
- 05 – Ben Vaughan (benvon) [1977]
- 06 – Susan Murph (SusietheGeek) How to Grow Your Geek Podcast
- 10 – Anthony Warnack (EastBayAnt) [1979]
- 14 – Andrew Peters (Perl Hacker from the UK)
- 18 – Jeff Schultz (Gorbash)
- 20 – Joel Harper (Rincewind) / Milwaukee WI
- 20 -Joel Rickenbach [deceased] (host of the You’ve Got Geek Podcast)
- If you want to get on the Technorama Birthday Calendar, visit our Wiki.
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for September 14, 2016
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