Today in History for 14th September 2025

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Historical Events

1867 - Karl Marx publishes "Das Kapital" Volume 1, his theory of the Capitalist system and how it is doomed to destroy itself
1939 - British fleet attacks German U-39 boat
1940 - WWII: German Blitz in England continues, bomb drops in London, Clacton, Great Yarmouth, Ipswich, Southampton, Bournemouth, Hastings, Brighton, Warrington, Chelsea, Fulham, and Lewisham, among other places, result in 94 civilian deaths and 426 injured
1986 - Bo Jackson hits his first home run, a 475-foot blast, the longest at Royals Stadium
1989 - Jeff Reardon is 1st to record 30 saves in 5 consecutive seasons

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Famous Birthdays

1869 - Kid Nichols, American Baseball HOF pitcher (3 × NL wins leader; All-Time Saves Leader 1899–1906; Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (St. Louis Cardinals 1904–05), born in Madison, Wisconsin (d. 1953)
1898 - Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and archaeologist, born in Nowawes, Germany (d. 1974)
1939 - Guy Webster, American celebrity portrait photographer, album cover artist (The Byrds; The Mamas and the Papas; Taj Mahal; Rolling Stones), and educator, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
1971 - Andre Matos, Brazilian singer and musician (Symfonia), born in São Paulo, Brazil
1981 - Miyavi [Takamasa Ishihara], Japanese guitarist, singer ("Snakes") and actor (Unbroken), born in Osaka, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1435 - John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, dies at 46
1782 - Nicholas Cooke, American mariner, slave trader, and politician (1st Governor of Rhode Island, 1776-78), dies at 65
1979 - Raymond Loucheur, French composer, dies at 80
1999 - André Kostolany, Hungarian stock market expert and speculator, dies at 93
2005 - Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932)

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