09-14-2006, 01:26 PM
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September 14th
1737 ~ Birthday of Michael Haydn, Austrian composer.
1752 ~ The British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (September 2 was followed directly by September 14 that year).
1760 ~ Birthday of Luigi Cherubini, Composer.
1814 ~ Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner (‘though not the melody).
1927 ~ Death of Isadora Duncan, Dancer.
1948 ~ Ground was broken in New York City for the United Nations' world headquarters.
1959 ~ The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashed onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1975 ~ The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, was canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1982 ~ Death of Princess Grace of Monaco.
2005 ~ A federal judge in San Francisco ruled the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional.
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