October 14: Islamic New Year (2015, 1437 AH); Defender of Ukraine Day
Louis Le Prince
- 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: French forces under Marshal Michel Ney defeated Austrian forces in Elchingen, present-day Germany.
- 1888 – French inventor Louis Le Prince (pictured) filmed Roundhay Garden Scene, the earliest surviving motion picture, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
- 1912 – Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in an assassination attempt, but delivered a speech before receiving treatment from preeminent surgeon John Benjamin Murphy.
- 1940 – Second World War: During the Blitz, a 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) semi-armour piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above Balham station, which was being used as an air-raid shelter, killing at least 64 people.
- 1981 – Hosni Mubarak was elected President of Egypt, one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
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