Important Events From This day in History September 14

 

14 Sept, 1982 Monaco Grace Kelly

1982 : Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly) dies today due to injuries sustained in a car crash yesterday.

14 Sept, 1901 President William McKinley Shot

1901 : William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States died on this day. He was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz when he is shot at point blank range on September 6th, 1901, eight days before he died.

14 Sept, 1926 China Yangtze River

1926 : British, American and French warships are battling for control of the Yangtse River following bombardment of foreign vessels by the Chinese.

14 Sept, 1935 Nazi Swastika Remarks

1935 : The US Secretary of State Hull apologized to the German Ambassador for a Judges insulting remarks about the Nazi Swastika flag, and assured the German Government these are not the views of the American Government who will respect a countries sovereign right to choose a flag. It is believed Adolf Hitler will announce the Nazi Banner will be Germany's only National Flag at a special event at the Reichstag, Nuremburg on Sunday.

14 Sept, 1949 U.S.A. A & P Food Chain

1949 : The Attorney General has filed suit to break up the A & P nationwide food chain. This is a follow up to an anti-trust case earlier this year that the powerful chain must separate their manufacturing and processing from its buying and selling business. The company would need to broken up into 7 separate independent companies with no company owning more than 800 stores in contrast to the 6000 retail outlets it currently owns.

14 Sept, 1951 Seedless Watermelon

1951 : A seedless watermelon has been developed at Purdue University it is round and will weigh about 8 to 10 pounds, it could well be seen on sale in parts of the country by next year.

14 Sept, 1951 UK Fawley Oil Refinery

1951 : The largest oil refinery in Europe opens at Fawley on Southampton Water, the refinery is owned by Esso and is designed to process 300,000 barrels of crude oil daily.

14 Sept, 1959 First Man Made Object Reaches The Moon

September 14th, 1959 : The First Man Made Object Luna 2 crash lands on the Moon becoming the first man made object to reach the Moon in what many are calling the space race between the worlds two superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union.

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14 Sept, 1960 Iraq OPEC

1960 : The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded by five core members: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.

14 Sept, 1960 Congo Army Takes Control

September 14th, 1960 : The army in Congo has taken control of the country just a few months after the country gains independence for Britain.

14 Sept, 1961 British New Guinea Communist Government Chosen

1961 : Yet another country in South America has chosen a pro-Communist government and the western world will watch carefully how the country progresses with fears that it provides the Soviet Union with another foothold in South America to base troops and aircraft.

14 Sept, 1966 Minimum Wage Raised To $1.40

September 14th, 1966 : The minimum wage is to a new rate of $1.40 an hour which would include State and local government workers at public schools and nursing homes, as well as the construction industry.

14 Sept, 1978 Bulgarian Defector Killed

1978 : In a bizarre case of the death of a Bulgarian exile Scotland Yard has called in germ warfare specialists to investigate claims that he was murdered by a jab from a needle tipped umbrella containing poison. Scotland Yard is working together with the British counter intelligence unit . He was well known as an author and broadcaster of anti-communist books and radio.

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