What happened this day in history October 14

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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