EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
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TODAY IN HISTORY
September 14
Monday, September 14, 2026
Day 256 of 2026 | Week 38 | 103 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
Microsoft releases Windows Me.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American bass player (Everclear)
Italian road racing cyclist
American attorney and judge
American television host and actor (Melrose Place
American tennis star
Belgian pianist and composer
British singer-songwriter
American guitarist (Drive-By Truckers)
American baseball player
American actress (Corky Sherwood in "Murphy Brown")
American NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
Slovak ice hockey goalie (1992 Winter Olympics Bronze)
Croatian-Canadian businessman (BRAK Systems
American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens)
English actress and lover of British MP David Mellor
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