NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS FOR OCTOBER 14
William Penn (1644-1718) - Founder of Pennsylvania.
Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) - Signed the Declaration of Independence.
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Preston King (1806-1865) - Key member of the Free Soil Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery.
Ellison Capers (1837-1908) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.
James Sidney Robinson (1827-1892) - Major General for the Union Army.
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Joe Start (1842-1927) - Baseball player who played a significant role in establishing rules for professional baseball.
John William Kendrick (1853-1924) - Engineer who was responsible for contemporary management and rules for the railroad.
Elwood Haynes (1857-1925) - Automotive pioneer who built one of first automobiles.
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Julia A . Ames (1861-1891) - Author of children books, including The Little Sister (1887) and The Cradle of the Sky (1890).
Ray Ewry (1873-1937) - Olympic track and field athlete who won 8 Olympic golds during his career.
Clarence Muse (1889-1979) - Acclaimed Black actor, screenwriter and director who helped open doors for future Black actors.
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Lillian Gish (1893-1993) - Silent film actress best known for her role in Birth of a Nation.
E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) - Famous poet whose works include I carry your heart with me... and Tulips & Chimneys.
Alan Washbond (1899-1965) - Two-man bobsled and Olympic gold winner in the 1932 Olympics.
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Red McKenzie (1899-1948) - American jazz singer who played music with a comb and tissue-paper.
Allan Jones (1907-1992) - Notable actor and singer of musicals during the Golden Age of Hollywood era.
Edward L. Feightner (1919-2020) - Strategic Naval rear-admiral who flew as a flying ace during WWII.
Robert Webber (1924-1989) - Actor known for his roles in 12 Angry Men and 79 Park Avenue.
Lawrence Herkimer (1925-2015) - Inventor of the pom-pom and founder of the National Cheerleading Association.
Bill Justis (1926-1982) - Rock and roll saxophone player known for his musical instrument talents in Raunchy.
Gary Graffman (1928-Still Living) - Prestigious classical pianist.
Melba Montgomery (1938-Still Living) - Country music singer of the song No Charge.
John Dean (1938-Still Living) - Prosecution witness during Watergate author, and political commentator.
Ralph Lauren (1939-Still Living) - Famous fashion designer, entrepreneur, and executive of Chaps and Polo Ralph Lauren.
J. C. Snead (1940-Still Living) - Golfer who won 8 PGA Tour titles and was a Masters runner-up.
Pat Finley (1940-Still Living) - Actress best known as Ellen Hartley on the The Bob Newhart Show.
David Ruprecht (1948-Still Living) - Game show host of Supermarket Sweep.
Joey Travolta (1950-Still Living) - Actor, director, and producer who is also a brother to John Travolta.
Harry Anderson (1952-2018) - Actor known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on Night Court.
A.J. Pero (1959-2015) - Drummer of Twisted Sister.
Isaac Mizrahi (1961-Still Living) - Fashion designer and TV host.
Melanie Wilson (1961-Still Living) - Actress known for her role as Jennifer in Perfect Strangers.
Jon Seda (1970-Still Living) - Actor with credits for his roles in Homicide: Life on the Street and Chicago.
George Floyd (1973-2020) - Bouncer who was murdered while being restrained while in police custody.
Natalie Maines (1974-Still Living) - Country music singer/musician of the The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks).
Usher (1978-Still Living) - R&B Singer.
Rowan Blanchard (2001-Still Living) - Activist and actress in Girl Meets World.
MEMORABLE EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 14
1656 - The first religious persecution occurs when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony enacts legislation against the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends).
1774 - Representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies meet to form the First Continental Congress to begin denouncing the British Parliament in America.
1834 - Henry Blair becomes the first Black person to be granted a US patent for a corn planter.
1834 - The Whigs and Democrats in Philadelphia stage a gun, stone and brick battle for control of an election in Moyamensing Township.
1862 - Pitcher James Creighton ruptures bladder while hitting a home-run. Sadly he died a few days later.
1863 - Confederate troops fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia.
1865 - The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes sign peace treaty which results in both tribes being chased out Colorado.
1884 - George Eastman receives a patent for his new photographic film invention.
1893 - Harry Wright (Cincinnati Red Stocking) suggests umps keep ball-strike counts a secret from players and fans to increase anticipation of what was happening on the field.
1908 - The Chicago Cubs (2) win the World Series against the Detroit Tigers (0).
1910 - Aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on near the White House in Washington, D.C.
1912 - Former president Theodore Roosevelt delivers a scheduled speech after being shot and wounded by John Flammang Schrank.
1916 - Sophomore Paul Robeson is removed from the roster after two football teams (Washington) and (Lee University) refuse to play a black person.
1922 - The first automated telephones are installed in NYC and Pennsylvania.
1922 - The shoe store Thom McAn opens in NYC.
1930 - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy" starring Ginger 1943 - The U.S. Air Force loses 60 planes during the second raid on Schweinfurt.
1947 - Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound traveling approximately 700 mph.
1949 - The U.S. convicts 11 defendants of conspiring to overthrow of the federal government.
1953 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower makes a promise to terminate any federal worker for taking the 5th Amendment when questioning whether they are affiliated with the communist party.
1957 - Wake Up Little Suzie (Everly Brothers) reaches #1 on the Billboard Charts.
1958 - For the first time in history, the District of Columbia Bar Association accepts Blacks as members of the bar.
1960 - John F. Kennedy suggests creating the Peace Corps during a speech at the University of Michigan.
1962 - The U.S. launches planes to locate missile launchers in Cuba.
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent approach in racial inequality.
1964 - Bill Mills becomes the first American to win the 10,000 meter race.
1964 - Baseball legends Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle both hit home runs on back-to-back pitches.
1966 - About 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam to officially mark their involvement in the Vietnam War.
1968 - NASA televises the first broadcast of astronauts in orbit.
1971 - John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show to talk about their social views, including their thoughts on troops in Vietnam.
1975 - President Gerald Ford's limo is broadsided.
1977 - The rock band Kiss releases their second live album, Alive II.
1978 - Rescue from Gilligan's Island premiers on T.V.
1979 - Nearly 100,000 people march in Washington in support of gay and lesbian rights.
1980 - Presidential Ronald Reagan nominates a female to the Supreme Court.
1981 - Amnesty International accuses and charges the U.S. government for holding Richard Marshall (American Indian Movement) as a political prisoner.
1982 - The War on Drugs is proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan.
1985 - Football legend Joe Namath retires on National TV during the Monday night game.
1994 - NASA's Magellan burns up in atmosphere.
1998 - Eric Rudolph is charged in federal court for six bombings.
2019 - Margaret Atwood become the first black woman to win the Booker Prize.
2020 - A NY auction house sells a copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio $9.98 million.
2020 - Scientists create the first room-temperature superconductor.
2021 - Nearly 10,000 employees go on strike at John Deere.
2022 - Rock band Jefferson Airplane receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
