TODAY IN HISTORY – 14th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS 

TODAY IN HISTORY – 14th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS

By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.

Today in History ~

Is it not shameful to acknowledge the fact that all humans are helpless before the words of Mark Twain (1835-1910), American novelist, when he said, “It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man’s character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible.”

Anyways, kindly scroll down and open up to timeless events chronicled by Today in History

On this day in 1226, we have the first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.

Still on this day in 1901, U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

Again, on this day in 1911, Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.

Today in History submits that on this day in 1914, HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy’s first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

However on this day in 1917, the Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.

Remarkably on this day in 1960, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.

It was on this day in 1960 that Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

Interestingly, according to Today in History, on this day in 1984, Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Amazingly on this day in 1985, the official establishment of Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.

Sally on this day in 1989, the Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.

Remarkably on this day in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows Me.

Again on this day in 2001, we have the official historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation’s capital.

However on this day in 2003, Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.

Amazingly on this day in 2015, the first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.

On this day in 2022, Today in History records that with due regards to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen’s coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.

Interestingly, today is the birthday of Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager (1974).

Just in case you have forgotten, Orbits News reminds you that your life is a gift from God but how you live it, is a gift to the world.. You’re the point man, you’re on top of the summit ~ keep pointing in the right direction.

Today in History.