Sh*t That Happened in September

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  1. 4. On 9/14/1741, a composer finished this oratorio after working on it nonstop for 23 days. Hallelujah!
  2. 5. On 9/4/1609, this island was discovered, much to the surprise of the native residents, by Henry Hudson.
  3. 6. On 9/23/1952, this speech was delivered, not played.
  4. 7. Born on 9/5/1638, Louis XIV was once also known by this title, given to all first-in-line heirs to the throne. It's not Flipper.
  5. 9. On 9/13/1971, state police and the National Guard ended a 5-day revolt here.
  6. 10. On 9/20/1973, a King won three straight battles in this southern arena. It was definitely not rigged.
  7. 11. On 9/4/1886, he was captured at the end of the last major US-Indian War. He presumably did not jump from an airplane.
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  1. 1. On 9/14/1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries was formed at a meeting in this desert capital.
  2. 2. On 9/25/1690, the first American one of these was published. Much like The Daily Discharge, British authorities deemed it offensive and ordered its immediate suppression.
  3. 3. On 9/6/1991, this city was renamed following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It's definitely not in Florida.
  4. 6. On 9/8/1565, the first settlement of its kind was established in the oldest continuously inhabited city in the continental US.
  5. 8. On 9/8/1900, this killed more than 8000 people in Galveston, TX, becoming the worst of its kind in US history.