14 October
Notable Births
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
Jaelen Feeney
b. 1994
Indigenous Australian rugby league footballer
Jared Goff
b. 1994
American football player (born 1994)
Ashton Agar
b. 1993
Australian cricketer (born 1993)
Charlie Kirk
b. 1993
American political activist (1993–2025)
Ahmed Musa
b. 1992
Nigerian footballer (born 1992)
Jordan Clark (cricketer)
b. 1990
English cricketer
Arca (musician)
b. 1989
Venezuelan musician (born 1989)
Glenn Maxwell
b. 1988
Australian cricketer (born 1988)
Max Thieriot
b. 1988
American actor (born 1988)
Jay Pharoah
b. 1987
American actor & comedian (born 1987)
Tom Craddock
b. 1986
English footballer
Wesley Matthews
b. 1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Skyler Shaye
b. 1986
American actress (born 1986)
Ivan Pernar (politician, born 1985)
b. 1985
Croatian politician and activist
LaRon Landry
b. 1984
American football player (born 1984)
Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)
b. 1984
English footballer and sports commentator (born 1984)
Notable Deaths
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)
Sulli
d. 2019
South Korean singer and actress (1994–2019)
Helen Kelly (trade unionist)
d. 2016
New Zealand trade unionist
Mathieu Kérékou
d. 2015
Beninese politician, former president (1933–2015)
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
d. 2015
Indian Navy Admiral
Elizabeth Peña
d. 2014
American actress (1959–2014)
Wally Bell
d. 2013
American baseball umpire (1965–2013)
Max Cahner
d. 2013
Bruno Metsu
d. 2013
French football manager (1954–2013)
Frank Moore (performance artist)
d. 2013
American performance artist
Käty van der Mije-Nicolau
d. 2013
Dutch-Romanian chess player
John Clive
d. 2012
British actor and author (1933–2012)
Max Fatchen
d. 2012
Australian author and journalist
James R. Grover Jr.
d. 2012
American politician
On This Day in History
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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
2004
MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
MK Airlines Flight 1602
2004
Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft's only occupants) are killed.
Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701
2003
The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Steve Bartman incident
1998
Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
Eric Rudolph
1994
Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords and the framing of future Palestinian self government.
Yasser Arafat
1991
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Aung San Suu Kyi
1982
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
Ronald Reagan
1981
Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
Hosni Mubarak
1980
The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party ended, having anointed North Korean President Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.
6th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
1979
The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
1975
An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
Royal Air Force
1973
In the Thammasat student uprising, over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the military government. Seventy-seven are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers.
1973 Thai popular uprising