History for September 14 - On-This-Day.com
Margaret Sanger 1879, Clayton Moore 1914, Allan Bloom 1930
Walter Koenig 1936, Sam Neill 1947, John "Bowser" Bauman (Sha Na Na) 1947
1814 - Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner," a poem originally known as "Defense of Fort McHenry," after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, MD, during the War of 1812. The song became the official U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.
1901 - U.S. President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, at age 42, succeeded him.
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