400 Historic Events for October 14
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| 1880 |
Death |
Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Charlie Parker, cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test)
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| 1883 |
Birth |
Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor)
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| 1884 |
Birth |
Jimmy Conlin, Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)
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| 1884 |
Event |
George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer (Aloe, Garden Party)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Ernest Pingoud, composer
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor (Call of the Wild)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres (1953-1961)/Gen (WW 2)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Sumner Welles, US undersecretary/diplomat (Good neighbor policy)
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| 1893 |
Event |
Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
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| 1893 |
Death |
Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84
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| 1893 |
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George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder (Indonesian Communist)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Heinrich Lbke, West German president (1959-69)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
e. e. cummings, Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips and Chimneys)
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor/director (Flying Dutchman)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Alan Washbond, US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
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| 1899 |
Event |
Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930)
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| 1900 |
Death |
Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
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