September 14
People born on this day are Virgo.
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Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
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Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
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Microsoft releases Windows Me.
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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.
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Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
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In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
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Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
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Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
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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.
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The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
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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.
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2000Han, South Korean rapper
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1997Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter
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1997Dominic Solanke, English footballer
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1995Jevon Carter, American basketball player
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1995Deshaun Watson, American football player
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1994Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
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1994Gary Harris, American basketball player
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1994Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
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1994Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
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1993Brandon Brown, American race car driver
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1992Connor Fields, American cyclist
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1992Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier
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