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Events on September 14

• 1515 After the Battle of Marignano, in which the Old Swiss Confederacy was decisively defeated by France, Switzerland no longer pursued any further expansionist policy.
• 1812 During his Russian campaign, Napoleon enters Moscow without a fight. The retreating Russians set fire to several places. The resulting conflagration destroys large parts of the city over the following days.
• 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the USA at the age of 42 as the successor to the assassinated William McKinley.
• 1922 Researchers at the US Naval Aircraft Radio Laboratory (Anacostia, USA) discover the reflection of radio signals off reinforced-concrete buildings. This discovery is fundamental to the later development of radar technology.
• 1930 In the Reichstag elections, the NSDAP becomes the second-largest party behind the SPD, with 18.3% of the votes cast.
• 1956 The IBM 350 introduces the first magnetic hard disk drive. It is a component of the IBM 305 RAMAC computer.
• 1958 The German Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and the President of France, Charles de Gaulle, end the “hereditary enmity” between the two countries at their first meeting.
• 1960 The OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is founded in Baghdad. The founding members are Iraq, Iran, the Emirate of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
• 1975 Rembrandt van Rijn's painting The Night Watch is attacked by a man with a knife and significantly damaged at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
• 1991 With Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich opens the XI difficulty level in climbing.
• 1993 Berlin acquires the estate of the film actress Marlene Dietrich for around eight million marks.
• 2008 The 21-year-old German racing driver Sebastian Vettel of Scuderia Toro Rosso becomes the youngest Grand Prix winner in Formula 1 history with his victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

Born on September 14

• 1880 Paul Fechter, German theater critic, editor, and writer
• 1910 Rolf Liebermann, Swiss composer and artistic director
• 1912 Fritz Schäfer, German wrestler
• 1921 Helmut Bantz, German gymnast, Olympic champion
• 1941 Eckhard Henscheid, German writer
• 1952 Margit Schumann, German speed skater
• 1960 Christian Petzold, German film director
• 1961 Martina Gedeck, German actress
• 1981 Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
• 1990 Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „14. September“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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