Today in History for 14th September 2026

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Historical Events

1515 - Battle at Marignano ends after two days in a French and Venetian victory over a Swiss army
1957 - Ira Levin's stage comedy "No Time for Sergeants," based on Mac Hyman's novel, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Don Knott, closes at the Alvin Theatre in NYC after 796 performances
1960 - Joseph-Desiré Mobutu launches a bloodless coup d'état in the Congo, declaring President Joseph Kasa-Vubu and Patrice Lumumba to be "neutralised" and establishing a new government of university graduates
1964 - WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, Virginia (PBS) begins broadcasting
1989 - Calgary Flames become the first NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2

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Famous Birthdays

1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist and bird artist, born in Lyme Regis, Dorset (d. 1881)
1904 - Anton Zischka, Austrian writer (Lebendiges Europa), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1997)
1915 - Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold), born in New York City (d. 1973)
1946 - Pete Agnew, Scottich rock bassist (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), born in Dunfermline, Scotland
1961 - Antonia De Sancha, English actress and lover of British MP David Mellor, born in London

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Famous Deaths

1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian French mathmetician and astronomer (discovered four moons of Saturn), dies at 87
1966 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
2002 - Roberto Cavanagh, Argentine polo player (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 87
2025 - Pat Crowley, American actress (Money from Home, There's Always Tomorrow, Please Don't Eat the Daisies), dies at 91

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