September 14th

Microsoft Launches Windows ME. The Millennium Edition was the last of the operating systems of the Windows 9x series.

Acting commissioner Bud Selig announced the cancellation of the 1994 baseball season on the 34th day of a strike by players.

The Golden Girls Make Their Television Debut. The popular American sitcom about 4 single and older women living together in a Miami, Florida house ran for 6 seasons on NBC. The main characters in the show were played by Beatrice Arthur, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, and Betty White, each of whom won the Emmys for their acting in the show. The series also won 2 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series and 3 Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series.

Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries suffered in a car crash.

The Afghan President is assassinated. Nur Muhammad Taraki had taken office less than a year ago when he was killed by gunfire at the behest of Hafizullah Amin. Amin took the seat of the president after the assassination and ruled for only 3 months before he was killed by the Soviets during Operation Storm-333.

Pope Paul VI declared Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton the first U.S.-born saint.

Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia & Venezuela form Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The Soviet space probe Luna 2 became the first man-made object to reach the Moon when it crashed onto the lunar surface.

1st prefrontal lobotomy performed in Washington, D.C.

India's Constituent Assembly adopts Hindi as an official language. Celebrated today as Hindi Day.

Congress passed the Selective Training and Service Act, providing for the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.

World’s 1st practical helicopter, the VS-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky takes (tethered) flight in Stratford, Connecticut.

Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France.

President William B. McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, 42, was sworn in, becoming the youngest president in U.S. history.

Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.

Napoleon occupies Moscow and the fires start, extinguished by the 19th.

Britain (and American colonies) adopt the Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3-Sept 13th).

George Frideric Handel finishes his 'Messiah' oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days.