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October 14 in History
Historical Events on October 14
1656
Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.
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.
1908
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series; this would be their last until clinching the 2016 World Series.
1912
While campaigning in Milwaukee, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr. Roosevelt still carries out his scheduled public speech.
1952
Korean War: United Nations and South Korean forces launch Operation Showdown against Chinese strongholds at the Iron Triangle. The resulting Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
1964
Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
1966
The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
1967
Vietnam War: American folk singer and activist 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.
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Famous Birthdays on October 14
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Przemysł II
1890
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1906
Hannah Arendt
1978
Usher (singer)
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Famous Deaths on October 14
1944
Erwin Rommel
1977
Bing Crosby
1990
Leonard Bernstein
1999
Julius Nyerere
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