What are the important events that happened on October 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 14 is the 288th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 78 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 1, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,728,864,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontaoctagon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 107 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,315 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 14 Historical Events
1465 –
Wallachian voivode Radu cel Frumos, younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş, issues a writ from his residence in Bucharest
1773 –
Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company’s tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
1888 –
Louis Le Prince films first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene.
1898 –
The steamer ship SS Mohegan sinks after impacting the Manacles near Cornwall, United Kingdom, killing 106.
1920 –
Part of Petsamo Province is ceded by the Soviet Union to Finland.
1938 –
The first flight of the Curtiss Aircraft Company’s P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
1967 –
The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army’s induction center in Oakland, California.
1968 –
Jim Hines of the United States of America becomes the first man ever to break the so-called “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint in the Summer Olympic Games held in Mexico City with a time of 9.95 seconds.
1981 –
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
2006 –
College football brawl between University of Miami and Florida International University leads to suspensions of 31 players of both teams.
Who were born on October 14?
1801 –
Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (d. 1883)
1888 –
Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (d. 1923)
1910 –
John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1911 –
Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1990)
1930 –
Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire (d. 1997)
1957 –
Michel Després, Quebec politician
1965 –
Steve Coogan, English actor
1967 –
Savanna Samson, American porn star
1976 –
Ben Pridmore, World Memory Champion
1978 –
Justin Brannan, American musician, writer
Who died on October 14?
1318 –
Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1280)
1703 –
Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)
1758 –
Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
1930 –
Samuel van Houten, Dutch politician (b. 1837)
1961 –
Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888)
1967 –
Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright (b. 1902)
1969 –
Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
1977 –
Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)
1983 –
Johannes O., Dutch murderer (b. 1916)
2007 –
Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (b. 1925)
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