On This Day for September 14 - Mexico City captured by U.S. forces, Dante is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. September 14 [Dante]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Dante [READ MORE]( [U.S. troops bombarding Veracruz during the Mexican-American War, illustration by Carl Nebel.]( FEATURED EVENT 1847 Mexico City captured by U.S. forces [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Swayze, Patrick] 2009: American dancer and actor [Patrick Swayze]( who was best known for his performances in the box-office hits Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990), died in Los Angeles after battling [pancreatic cancer](. [Rainier III, prince de Monaco; Grace, princesse de Monaco] 1982: [Grace Kelly]( American actress who abandoned her Hollywood career to marry [Rainier III, prince de Monaco]( after suffering a stroke and losing control of the car she was driving. [Margaret Sanger, 1916.] 1879: American social reformer [Margaret Sanger]( who was a founder of the [birth-control]( movement in the United States and an international leader in the field, was born. [Pavlov, Ivan] 1849: Russian physiologist [Ivan Petrovich Pavlov]( known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex, was born. [Selig, Bud] 1994: Acting commissioner of baseball [Bud Selig]( announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league [baseball]( season, including the [World Series]( would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August. [Seton, St. Elizabeth Ann] 1975: [Elizabeth Ann Seton]( the first American-born saint, was canonized by the [Roman Catholic Church](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1983 [Amy Winehouse]( British singer-songwriter 1973 [Nas]( American rapper and songwriter 1965 [Dmitry Medvedev]( president of Russia 1879 [Margaret Sanger]( American social reformer 1769 [Alexander von Humboldt]( German explorer and naturalist 1940 [Larry Brown]( American basketball player and coach [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](