Today in History
14 October
236 births · 119 deaths · 66 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1975
Carlos Spencer
New Zealand rugby union player and coach (born 1975)
Notable Births
All 236 ›
Rowan Blanchard
b. 2001
American actress
Quinn Hughes
b. 1999
American ice hockey player (born 1999)
Ariela Barer
b. 1998
American actress and screenwriter (born 1998)
Joe Burgess
b. 1994
England international rugby league footballer
Carlos Spencer
b. 1975
New Zealand rugby union player and coach (born 1975)
Alexei Kasatonov
b. 1959
Russian ice hockey player (born 1959)
Harry Anderson
b. 1952
American actor, comedian, and magician (1952–2018)
Bahadur Shah I
b. 1643
Mughal emperor from 1707 to 1712
Notable Deaths
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Thomas J. Donohue
d. 2024
American business executive (1938–2024)
Tina Kaidanow
d. 2024
American diplomat (1965–2024)
Janet Nelson
d. 2024
British historian (1942–2024)
Philip Zimbardo
d. 2024
American social psychologist (1933–2024)
Robbie Coltrane
d. 2022
Scottish actor (1950–2022)
Lee Wan-koo
d. 2021
South Korean politician (1950–2021)
Harold Bloom
d. 2019
American critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)
Freddy Fender
d. 2006
American Tejano singer (1937–2006)
On This Day in History
All 66 ›2025
A coup d'état successfully overthrows Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.
2025 Malagasy coup d'état
2023
Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
2021
About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
John Deere
2017
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonated a massive truck bomb at the Zobe junction in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing 587 people, injuring 316 others, and leaving more than 500 missing.
Al-Shabaab (militant group)
2015
A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
2015 Tonsa bombing
2014
A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster
2014
The Serbia vs. Albania UEFA qualifying match is canceled after 42 minutes due to several incidents on and off the pitch. Albania is eventually awarded a win.
Serbia v Albania (UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying)
2012
Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
Felix Baumgartner