October 14

Events

 * - : - In  on Senlac Hill, seven miles from, the forces of  defeat the  army and kill King.
 * - of  defeats  of  at, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.
 * - Because of the implementation of the this day does not exist in this year in, ,  and.
 * - goes on trial for conspiracy against.
 * - enacts the first punitive legislation against the  (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in  makes them regard the ritual-free Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
 * - defeats  at the
 * - The first recorded, the ( for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.
 * 1773  - : The 's  tea ships' cargo are burned at.
 * - proclaims the first.
 * -  defeats
 * - Work on 's starts.
 * - In, and  stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election, resulting in one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of buildings.
 * 1834  - Henry Blair is the first  to obtain a US patent. The patent  was for a corn planter.
 * - John Templeton, John Moore, Stanley Cuthbart and Ellen Ritchie were charged in, with illegally teaching blacks to read.
 * - leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in.
 * - The British arrest Irish nationalist for conspiracy.
 * - : Battle of Bristoe Station - General  forces fail to drive the  out of.
 * - The 15th and last of the  resigns in.
 * - is founded in present day.
 * - patents paper-strip photographic film.
 * - films first motion picture: .
 * - English aviator lands his  biplane on Executive Avenue (now ) near the.
 * - While campaigning in, former president is shot by saloonkeeper . With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.
 * -, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, which claimed 439 lives.
 * - German troops occupy.
 * - Sophomore tackle and guard is excluded from the  football team when  refused to play against a black person.
 * - Part of province is ceded by  to.
 * - Anti-French uprising in (French inhabitants flee)
 * - The , by, is first published.
 * - withdraws from.
 * - German U-Boat sinks British battleship.
 * - A German sinks the ferry, killing 137.
 * 1942  - Japanese battleship strikes.
 * - declares Philippine Independence.
 * 1943  - Prisoners at the  death camp in Poland revolt, resulting in the death of 11 SS.  About half of the camp's 600 prisoners escape; about 50 survive the war.
 * 1943  - U.S. 8th Air Force loses 60 es during an  on.
 * - Allied troops land in.
 * 1944  - British troops march into.
 * - and  sign cease fire.
 * - flies a  faster than the, the first man to do so in level flight.
 * - Eleven leaders of the U.S. are convicted, after a nine-month trial, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government.
 * 1949  -  occupies Canton.
 * - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the.
 * 1958  -  Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.
 * - begins: A  flight over  takes photos of Soviet s being installed.
 * - The term "" is coined by the British press to describe the scene at the previous night's performance by on the TV show 's Sunday Night at the .
 * - becomes general secretary of the  and leader of the, ousting.
 * 1964  -  leader Dr.  becomes the youngest recipient of the.
 * - The city of inaugurates the.
 * - : Folk singer is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in.
 * - : 27 soldiers are arrested at the in  for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the.
 * 1968  - : The  announces that the  and  will be sending about 24,000 troops back to  for involuntary second tours.
 * 1968  - First live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft.
 * 1968  - A 6.8  wrecked the Australian town of, and also ruptured all major roads and railways nearby.
 * 1968  -  of the  becomes the first man ever to break the ten second barrier in the   final at  with a time of 9.95 sec. He would be the only man to do so until.
 * 1969  - The  introduces the 50p  coin, replacing the ten-shilling note, in anticipation of the  of the currency in.
 * - 's University Students protest for a democratic government; 77 are killed and 857 injured.
 * - The first March on  demands "an end to all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay people," draws 200,000 people.
 * - Citing official misconduct in the investigation and trial, charges the U.S. government with holding  of the  as a political prisoner.
 * 1981  - Vice President  is elected President of  one week after  was assassinated.
 * - U.S. President proclaims a.
 * - Palestinian leader, Israeli Prime Minister , and Israeli Foreign Minister receive the.
 * - The gains 40.62 to 6,010.00, closing above 6,000 for the.
 * - is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996  in.

Births

 * - King (d. )
 * -, queen of France (d. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony (d. )
 * - and VII of Scotland (d. )
 * -, of India (d. )
 * -, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. )
 * -, Scottish mathematician (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English sailor and politician (d. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Belgian physicist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator from New York (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Croatian geographer (d. )
 * -, British art dealer (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * 1873  -, president of FIFA (d. )
 * -, Irish politician and patriot (d. )
 * 1882  -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, New Zealand writer (d. )
 * -, U.S. general and 34th (d. )
 * -, American diplomat (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Mexican composer (d. )
 * -, Italian cyclist (d. )
 * -, French World War II resistance fighter (d. )
 * -, German political theorist and writer (d. )
 * 1906  -, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. )
 * -, American playwright and actress (d. )
 * 1908  -, American actor and singer (d. )
 * -, German racecar driver (d. )
 * 1909  -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * -, American basketball player and coach
 * -, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American physicist, (d. )
 * 1914  -, American skier (d. )
 * 1914  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, French Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, American saxophonist and composer (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, American business executive (d. )
 * -, Canadian boxer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Indian classical musician (d. )
 * -, Russian-American physicist (d. )
 * 1932 -, American tenor (d. )
 * -, American composer
 * -, figure
 * 1938  - Empress  of Iran
 * 1938  -, American-born Canadian football player and coach
 * -, American fashion designer
 * 1939 -, American golfer
 * -, South African snooker player
 * 1940  -, English singer
 * 1940  -, British actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (d. )
 * -, German actor
 * -, English musician
 * -, English musician
 * 1946  -, American football coach
 * 1946  -, American biologist
 * 1946  -, American baseball player
 * 1946  -, Scottish musician
 * -, Austrian cabaret artist
 * -, American actor
 * 1948  -, American game show host
 * -, English/Australian actress
 * 1949  -, American writer
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American astrologer, writer, singer
 * -, English newspaper columnist
 * -, Quebec politician
 * -, English musician
 * -, English athlete
 * - American fashion designer
 * -, Estonian player
 * -, South Korean singer
 * 1963  -, American actress
 * -, American artist
 * 1964  -, American baseball player
 * 1964  -, American sport talk show host
 * -, Estonian rower
 * 1965  -, Australian composer
 * 1965  -, English actor
 * 1965  -, American singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1967  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1967  -, American sports journalist
 * -, English footballer
 * 1968  -, American musician
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1969  -, American basketball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1970  -, Czech supermodel
 * 1970  -, Puerto Rican actor
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * 1971  -, Greek footballer
 * -, American musician
 * 1974  -, American porn star
 * 1974  -, American musician
 * -, American cyclist
 * 1975  -, English singer
 * -, Slovenian swimmer
 * 1976  -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1976  - ,
 * -, Canadian basketball player
 * 1977  -, adult model
 * 1977  -, English actor
 * -, American musician, writer
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * 1978  -, English  player (d. )
 * 1978  -, American singer and actor
 * 1978  -, American football player
 * -, American actress / ex-professional wrestler
 * -, American football player
 * 1980  -, Ecuadorian footballer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American porn star
 * -, American football player
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1985  -, Canadian actor
 * 1985  -, Mexican actress
 * 1985  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, English footballer
 * 1986  -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1988  -, American actor
 * 1988  -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, Persian vizier (b. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (b. )
 * -, High King of Ireland
 * -, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. )
 * -, English statesman and poet (b. )
 * -, Flemish composer
 * -, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Italian poet (b. )
 * -, English Puritan soldier (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Danish poet (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. )
 * -, German field marshall (b. )
 * -, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. )
 * -, Australian actor (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist (b. )
 * -, French politician (b. )
 * 1961  -, English political activist (b. )
 * -, French novelist and playwright (b. )
 * -, American broadcaster and journalist (b. )
 * - Dame, English actress (b. )
 * -, American singer and actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian author and naturalist
 * -, English radio astronomer, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian pianist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American composer and conductor (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American writer and animal rights activist (b. )
 * 1998  -, American musician (b. )
 * -, n politician (b. )
 * -, American composer and songwriter (b. )
 * -, English soldier and inspiration for (b. )
 * -, English murder victim (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 2006  -, American death metal bassist (b. )
 * 2006  -,   from  (b. )
 * 2006  -, British paranormal investigator (b. )
 * -, American Rapper (b. )
 * -, American Rapper (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * , or National Education Day in
 * - Day, twenty-third day in the
 * 's ('s capital) - national holiday (known as "Hramul Oraşului" by locals).
 * 's ('s capital) - national holiday (known as "Hramul Oraşului" by locals).