October 14 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Liberation Day	Yemen	Public Holiday
Svetitskhovloba	Georgia	Public Holiday
Defenders' Day	Ukraine	National Holiday
Mwalimu Nyerere Day	Tanzania	Public Holiday
National Dessert Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
Be Bald and Be Free Day	-	Unofficial (Lifestyle)
National Online Bank Day	-	Unofficial (Products & Technology )
National Kick Butt Day	-	Unofficial (Activity & Action)
Day off for Pan American Day	Belize	Public Holiday
Thanksgiving Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Constitution Day	Sint Maarten	Public Holiday
National Heroes Day	The Bahamas	Public Holiday
National Heritage Day	Turks and Caicos Islands	Public Holiday
Columbus Day	Multiple [Show]	Multiple Types
Native Americans' Day	United States (South Dakota)	Local Observance
Indigenous People's Day	United States (AK, CA, MN, WA*)	Local Observance
Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico Friendship Day (Columbus Day)	US Virgin Islands	Observance
Day of respect for cultural diversity	Argentina	National Holiday
Commonwealth Cultural Day	Northern Mariana Islands	Public Holiday
Lotu a Tamaiti	Samoa	Public Holiday
Health and Sports Day	Japan	National Holiday
Anniversary of the Death of King Bhumibol observed	Thailand	National Holiday
Mother's Day	Malawi	Observance
World Standards Day	-	Unofficial (Awareness & Cause, Products & Technology )

Historical Events on October 14

1066: William the Conqueror leads Norman forces against the English Army on Senlac Hill. Norman forces defeat the English forces and end up killing King Harold II of England.
1322: King Edward II of England is defeated at Byland by Robert the Bruce of Scotland. As a result, England has to recognize the independence of Scotland.
1758: Prussian forces is defeated by Austrian forces at the Battle of Hochkirch during the Seven Year’s War.
1777: Several British East India Company’s tea ships are set on fire at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.
1863: Robert E. Lee and his Confederate forces fail to drive Union forces out of Virginia at the Battle of Bristoe Station during the American Civil War.
1882: The University of Punjab is founded.
1884: George Eastman receives a patent from the United States Government for his new paper-strip photographic film.
1926:A. Milne publishes his children’s book, Winnie-the-Pooh.
1933: Germany withdraws from the League of Nations.
1939: The British battleship HMS Royal Oak is sunk by the German submarine U-47.
1943: Eleven SS guards are killed when the prisoners at a Nazi Sobibor Extermination Camp in Poland revolted. Approximately 600 of the prisoners escape – only about 50 of them will survive to the end of the war.

English businessman and founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn is born in 1644.
Scottish mathematician Robert Simson is born in 1687.
Ferdinand VII of Spain is born in 1784.
British novelist and short story writer, Katherine Mansfield is born in 1888.
American general and 34^th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower is born in 1890.
American actress Lillian Gish is born in 1893.
American poet and playwright E.E. Cummings is born in 1894.
English actor Roger Moore is born in 1927.
American singer Robert Parker is born in 1930.
Swiss psychotherapist and author Jurg Schubiger is born in 1936.