What happend on 14th September

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15.09
1964

The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.

1960

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

1959

The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

1958

Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.

1948

Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

1944

United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.

1923

Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.

1917

Republican government declared in Russia.

1901

President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.

1886

Typewriter ribbon patented.