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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 14
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Jerry Coleman; second baseman/sportscaster (New York Yankees).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Kate Millett in Saint Paul, Minnesota, YSA; feminist/author (Sexual Politics).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Joey Heatherton in Rockville Center, New York, USA; dancer/actress (Bluebeard).
- 70th: 1954 - Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, causing US$50 million damage.
- 60th: 1964 - CBS airs the last East Side / West Side TV show. A total of 26 episodes aired.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Faith Ford in Louisiana, USA; actress (Another World, Corky - Murphy Brown).
- 60th: 1964 - CBS airs the last The Danny Thomas Show TV show.
- 60th: 1964 - Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House.
- 50th: 1974 - Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter.
- 50th: 1974 - Death of Barbara Jo Allen at age 68; writer/comedienne (radio character Vera Vague, regular spots on Bob Hope's Pepsodent radio programs, appeared in some 60 films, hosted TV show Follow the Leader).
- 50th: 1974 - Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at age 71.
- 40th: 1984 - The first MTV Video Music Awards are held in Radio City Music Hall, New York City; Bette Midler and Dan Aykroyd host.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Richard Brautigan, American counter-culture author (suicide) (born 1935).
- 30th: 1994 - Due to the Major League Baseball players' strike, owners vote to cancel remainder of the season including the World Series.
- 25th: 1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 20th: 2004 - Microsoft releases the Fable video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 20th: 2004 - Electronic Arts releases The Sims 2 game for Windows computers in the US. One million copies are sold in the first ten days.
- 15th: 2009 - American actor Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) dies after a long battle with pancreatic cancer at age 57.
- 5th: 2019 - Two Saudi Aramco oil refineries in Abqaiq and Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in fires. Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used ten drones for the attack.
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