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Historical Events on September 14 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 213 of 213

  • 2020 Astronomers report possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in planets's atmosphere by telescope [1]
  • 2020 Israel becomes the 1st country to announce a second national lockdown due to COVID-19, for 3 weeks
  • 2020 Jakarta, Indonesia's biggest city of 10 million, imposes widespread restrictions again, amid warnings the healthcare system is on the verge of collapse
  • 2020 WHO reports largest-ever one-day COVID-19 case rise of 307,930, daily death toll of 5,500, overall death total is 917,417
  • 2021 1 in 500 Americans have died of COVID-19 as the nation's known death toll reaches 663,913 (Johns Hopkins) [1]

Event of Interest

2021 California Governor Gavin Newsom defeats a state vote to recall him from office

  • 2021 US records lowest level of people living in poverty since records began in 1967 (9.1% vs 11.8% in 2019), due to increase in government aid [1]

Event of Interest

2022 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis send two planes of Venezuelan immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as a political ploy [1]

Music History

2022 Musician R. Kelly found convicted of further sex crimes in Chicago, including producing child sexual abuse imagery [1]

Event of Interest

2022 Procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster to lie in state, with queues of people paying their respects forming 2.4 miles (3.8km) [1]

  • 2023 Huge loss of life in Libyan floods could have been avoided with functioning weather service, according to World Meteorological Organization, amid reports death toll could reach 20,000 [1]
  • 2023 Hunter Biden, son of US President Joe Biden, indicted on charges tied to the possession of a gun while using narcotics [1]
  • 2023 NASA probe into UFO sightings inconclusive, largely due to lack of good data - found no evidence of aliens but doesn't rule out the possibility [1]