Historical Events for 14th September 2022

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1741 - George Frideric Handel finishes his "Messiah" oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days
1876 - Leopold II closes Congo-conference
1914 - German troops withdraw from Aisne
1923 - Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
1981 - Judge Wapner and People's Court premiere on TV
2009 - David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum's most significant expansion since 1881
2015 - 14 yr old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb - Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets
2017 - Two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60

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