This Day in History: Sept. 14

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This Day in History: September 14

Take a look at all of the important historical events that took place on September 14.

On this day, Sept. 14 ...

1985: "The Golden Girls" premieres on NBC and becomes one of TV's most beloved sitcoms.

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• 1812: Napoleon Bonaparte's troops enter Moscow following the Battle of Borodino to find the Russian city largely abandoned and parts set ablaze.

• 1814: Francis Scott Key is inspired to write the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" (later "The Star-Spangled Banner") after witnessing the American flag flying over the Maryland fort following a night of British naval bombardment during the War of 1812.
• 1847: During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott take control of Mexico City.
• 1901: President William McKinley dies in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him.
• 1954: The Soviet Union detonates a 40-kiloton atomic test weapon.
• 1963: Mary Ann Fischer of Aberdeen, S.D., gives birth to four girls and a boy, the first known surviving quintuplets in the United States.

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• 1982: Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, dies at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.`
• 1994: On the 34th day of a strike by players, Acting Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announces the 1994 season is over.
• 2009: Lecturing Wall Street on its own turf, President Barack Obama warns financial leaders not to use the recovering economy to race back into "reckless behavior" that could cause a new meltdown.

• 2018: President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agrees to cooperate with the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election; Manafort pleads guilty to two federal crimes and avoids a second trial. 

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• 2019: President Trump confirms that Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Usama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region.