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September 14: on this day in history

A few events that happened on September 14. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.

Historical events

  1. 1685Venetian forces defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Kalamata in the Peloponnese.
  2. 1741George Frideric Handel completed 'Messiah', still one of his most frequently performed oratorios.
  3. 1960Five oil-exporting countries met in Baghdad and founded OPEC.
  4. 1984Joe Kittinger became the first person to cross the Atlantic solo in a gas balloon.
  5. 2015Scientists directly observed the gravitational waves predicted by Einstein for the first time.

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