14 September in history

1741 George Frideric Handel completed ‘The Messiah’ – heard that
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1812 Napoleon in Moscow’s Kremlin – been there
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1939 Igor Sikorsky’s first helicopter – never done that
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1959 The Soviet Union landed Luna 2 on the Moon – nor this
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2001 Ansett Airlines bankrupt – I became an unsecured creditor, i.e., I had a pile of Frequent Flyer points now worth nothing.
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