📜 This Day in History
September 14
- 81Domitian, the last Flavian emperor of Rome, was confirmed by the Senate to succeed his brother Titus.
- 1752Under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days of the month.
1914HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea; its wreck was not found until 2017.- 1979Afghan president Nur Muhammad Taraki was overthrown and later killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who succeeded him.
- 2003President Kumba Ialá of Guinea-Bissau was deposed in a bloodless military coup.
- 2019Drone attacks on major processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais forced Saudi Arabia to cut more than half of its oil production.
