Interesting notes regarding September 14th

Just stumbled upon an interesting page http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do

According to these guys:

• George Frideric Handel completed "The Messiah" oratorio on this date in 1741.  I've never been a fan of Handel or "The Messiah."  I don't know why.  It's an opionion.  I guess I just prefer Bach.
• President William McKinley died due to infection from gun shot wounds he received 8 days prior.  Poor President McKinley.  We hardly knew you. 

Other McKinley facts for your noggen to crunch on:

1. He was the 25th President of the United States, following Grover Cleveland and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
2. His original V.P. was Garret A. Hobart, who died of heart failure leaving the way for Teddy Roosevelt to take his place and eventually become president upon McKinley's death in 1901.  There was no vice president from 1899-1901.
3. He grew up in Ohio and served as governor from 1892-1896.
4. He fought in the Civil War in the United States Army, where his superior officer was Rutherford B. Hayes, another U.S. President.
5. He served 2 stints in the U.S. House of Representatives before leaving office to become governor.
6. McKinley was shot by Leon Frank Czlgosz at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, NY at 4:07 p.m. on September 5th, 1901.  He died 8 days later.

I already told you that I left for my honeymoon on this date.  I can't remember anything else of note that happened to me on 9.14 in the past, but I can't remember what I ate for breakfast either, so...