Summary of the Day ✨ 14 October (14/10)
On this day, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina was overthrown in a coup while Australians rejected an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and 10,000 John Deere workers went on strike in the US. The day also saw devastating terrorist attacks, including an Al-Shabaab truck bombing in Mogadishu that killed 587 people and a suicide attack in Tonsa, Pakistan that claimed at least seven lives.
Historical Events 📜
- 2025: A coup d’état successfully overthrows Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.
- 2023: Australians vote to reject a constitutional amendment that would have established an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
- 2021: About 10,000 American employees of John Deere go on strike.
- 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.
- 2015: A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
- 2014: A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people.
- 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.
- 2012: Felix Baumgartner successfully jumps to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
- 2004: MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
- 2004: Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 crashes in Jefferson City, Missouri. The two pilots (the aircraft’s only occupants) are killed.
- 2003: The Steve Bartman Incident takes place at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1998: Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 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.
- 1991: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1982: U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Rowan Blanchard, American actress
- 1999: Quinn Hughes, American ice hockey player
- 1998: Ariela Barer, American actress
- 1994: Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
- 1994: Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
- 1994: Jared Goff, American football player
- 1993: Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
- 1993: Charlie Kirk, American media personality and political activist (died 2025)
- 1992: Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
- 1990: Jordan Clark, English cricketer
- 1989: Arca, Venezuelan musician
- 1988: Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
- 1988: Max Thieriot, American actor
- 1987: Jay Pharoah, American actor and comedian
- 1986: Tom Craddock, English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Thomas J. Donohue, American business executive (born 1938)
- 2024: Tina Kaidanow, American diplomat and government official (born 1965)
- 2024: Janet Nelson, British historian (born 1942)
- 2024: Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic (born 1933)
- 2022: Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor, comedian and writer (born 1950)
- 2021: Lee Wan-koo, South Korean politician, 39th Prime Minister of South Korea
- 2019: Harold Bloom, American literary critic (born 1930)
- 2019: Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and model (born 1994)
- 2016: Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (born 1964)
- 2015: Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (born 1947)
- 2015: Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (born 1933)
- 2015: Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (born 1918)
- 2015: Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (born 1930)
- 2014: A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (born 1923)
- 2014: Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (born 1933)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Angadrisma - Christian feast day:
Fortunatus of Todi - Christian feast day:
Joseph Schereschewsky (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Pope Callixtus I - Christian feast day:
October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Christian feast day:
Intercession of the Theotokos - Day of the Cathedral of the Living Pillar (Georgian Orthodox Church)
- Mother’s Day (Belarus)
- National Education Day (Poland), formerly Teachers’ Day
- Nyerere Day (Tanzania)
- Second Revolution Day (Yemen)
- World Standards Day (International)