Today is Sunday, September 14, the 257th day of 2025. There are still 108 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On September 14, 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died of injuries at the age of 52 due to a car accident the day before.
Also on this date:
In 1847, during the Mexican-American War, the American troops under General Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.
In 1861 the first navy engagement took place since the start of the civil war when the USS Colorado attacked and the southern private shoeer Judah dropped off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.
In 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, on Scot wounds that were inflicted by a murderer eight days earlier; Vice-president Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him and became the youngest American president ever at the age of 42.
In 1927, modern dance spyer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car in which she drove.
In 1991 the government of South Africa, the African National Congress and the Inkatha (in-Kah’-Tah) Freedom Party signed a national peace spact.
In 1994, on the 34th day of a strike by players, acting baseball commissioner Bud Selige announced that the 1994 season was over.
In 2001, Americans took churches and public squares on a day of memory of the victims of the attacks of 11 September. President George W. Bush Bad with his cabinet and attended services in the Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded himself in the ruins of the World Trade Center and spent rescue workers in a show of determination.
In 2012, anger caused an anti-Muslim film that ridiculed the prophet Mohammed, violent collisions about the Muslim world.
Today’s birthdays:
- Actor Walter Koenig (Kay’-Nihg) (“Star Trek”) is 89.
- Architect Renzo Piano is 88.
- Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 85.
- Actor Sam Neill is 78.
- Country singer John Berry is 66.
- Actor Melissa Leo is 65.
- Actor Faith Ford is 61.
- Film director Bong Joon-Ho is 56.
- Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is 55.
- Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 54.
- Actor Andrew Lincoln is 52.
- Rapper Nas is 52.
- Olympic gold medal Middle distance runner Hicham el Guerrouj is 51.
- Governor Ron Desantis of Florida is 47.
- Chef/TV personality Katie Lee is 44.
- NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler is 36.
- Golfer Tony Finau is 36. Actor
- Emma Kenney is 26.
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