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 287^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 78 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 1, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,340,000 minutes 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 ‘dihectaoctacontaheptagon’ 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 126 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 4,680 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 14 Historical Events

• 1066 –
  Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings – In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England.
• 1805 –
  Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria.
• 1863 –
  American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station – Confederate troops under the command of General Robert E. Lee fail to drive the American Union Army completely out of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• 1920 –
  Part of Petsamo Province is ceded by the Soviet Union to Finland.
• 1956 –
  Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers (see Neo-Buddhism).
• 1957 –
  Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian Monarch to open up an annual session of the Canadian Parliament, presenting her Speech from the Throne in Ottawa, Canada.
• 1958 –
  The American Atomic Energy Commission, with supporting military units, carries out an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada.
• 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.
• 1982 –
  U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
• 2004 –
  A special nine-member council selects Norodom Sihamoni as the new King of Cambodia, replacing his father who abdicated a week earlier.

Who were born on October 14?

• 1630 –
  Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. 1714)
• 1884 –
  Jimmy Conlin, American actor d. 1962
• 1926 –
  Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor and tv personality (d. 1985)
• 1932 –
  Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor (d. 2005)
• 1938 –
  Ron Lancaster, American-born Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1941 –
  Jerry Glanville, American football coach
• 1964 –
  David Kaye, Canadian actor
• 1974 –
  Jessica Drake, American porn star
• 1977 –
  Jonathan Kerrigan, English actor
• 1977 –
  Kelly Schumacher, Canadian basketball player

Who died on October 14?

• 1066 –
  Harold Godwinson, King of England (b. 1022)
• 1318 –
  Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1280)
• 1711 –
  Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1923 –
  Marcellus Emants, Dutch novelist (b. 1848)
• 1973 –
  Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
• 1998 –
  Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
• 2003 –
  Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)
• 2005 –
  Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
• 2006 –
  Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
• 2009 –
  Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor (b. 1938)