September 14: Feast of the Cross (Christianity); Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) (2015, AM 5776)
HMAS AE1
- 786 – Harun al-Rashid became the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
- 1752 – In adopting the Gregorian calendar under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the British Empire skipped eleven days: (September 2 was followed directly by September 14).
- 1914 – HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea; its wreck has never been found.
- 1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first native-born citizen of the United States to be canonized.
- 2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England, sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years.
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