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14 Sep 2003
The people of Estonia voted to approve joining the European Union.
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14 Sep 2000
Microsoft Launches Windows ME.
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14 Sep 1985
The American sitcom 'The Golden Girls' premiered on NBC.
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14 Sep 1979
Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
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14 Sep 1975
Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Anne Seton as the first American saint.
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14 Sep 1963
Mary Ann Fischer gave birth to quintuplets, who became the first US quintuplets to survive past infancy.
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14 Sep 1959
The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon's surface.
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14 Sep 1956
The IBM 305 RAMAC commercial computer was announced to the public.
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14 Sep 1949
Hindi became the official language of India.
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14 Sep 1939
The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 became the first successful helicopter to fly.
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14 Sep 1901
Theodore Roosevelt became the US president after former president William McKinley died from gunshot wounds.
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14 Sep 1829
The Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, which ended the Russo-Turkish War.
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14 Sep 1752
Britain skipped 11 days of the Calendar from September 3 to September 13, with the adoption of the Gregorian calendar starting on this day.
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14 Sep 1716
Boston Light was illuminated for the first time.
