Today: October 14, 2024

Today is Monday. It is the 288th day of 2024. 78% of the year has passed. 78 days (22%) remain until the end of 2024.

Facts

Basic facts about this date:

Week Number: We are currently in Week 42 of 2024.
Leap Year: 2024 is a leap year, which means that it will have 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
Generation: People born in 2024 belong to the Gen Alpha generation.

Zodiac

Zodiac, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Personality summary image

Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on October 14, 2024, will have the star sign Libra.
Zodiac Element: Air.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 2024 is the year of the Dragon (Yang Earth).
The Life Path Number for this date is 5.
Native American Zodiac: October 14, 2024 falls under the Raven.
Birthstone: A person during the month of October will have the birthstones Tourmaline and Opal.
Birth flower (October): The Marigold and the Cosmos.

On this day: October 14

Events that happened on October 14.

October 14, 1066: The Battle of Hastings occurs.
October 14, 1944: German general Erwin Rommel is forced to commit suicide.
October 14, 1956: The first episode of the animated series "Heckle and Jeckle" is broadcast on CBS.
October 14, 1961: Golf: The United States wins the 1961 Ryder Cup at the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.
October 14, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when the Soviet Union deploys ballistic missiles in Cuba.
October 14, 1964: Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 14, 1965: Baseball: The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins by 4-3 to win the 1965 World Series.
October 14, 1971: 18-year-old Jean Virginia Sampare goes missing outside of Gitsegukla in British Columbia, Canada.
October 14, 1977: Singer Bing Crosby dies from a heart attack.
October 14, 1981: Hosni Mubarak becomes the fourth president of Egypt.
October 14, 1982: US President Ronald Reagan declares a "War on Drugs".
October 14, 1983:
• Jamaican reggae singer Hugh Mundell is shot to death while sitting in his car in Kingston, Jamaica.
• UK politics: Conservative MP Cecil Parkinson resigns following revelations that his former secretary is pregnant with his child.
October 14, 1988: The Accused (1988) is released.
October 14, 1994:
• Little Giants (1994) is released.
• Pulp Fiction (1994) is released.
October 14, 1996:
• English girl group Spice Girls release their single "Say You'll Be There".
• The Backstreet Boys release their single "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)".
October 14, 1999: Destiny's Child release their song "Say My Name".
October 14, 2002:
• FBI intelligence analyst Linda Franklin is shot dead by the D.C. snipers at a parking lot in Home Depot in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• British R&B collective Big Brovaz release their single "Nu Flow".
October 14, 2005: Soccer: Irish midfielder Roy Keane announces his retirement from international football.
October 14, 2007: The first episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians is aired.
October 14, 2008:
• Casey Anthony is charged with murdering her daughter.
• Irish politics: Fianna Fáil's Brian Lenihan delivers "the toughest" government budget "in many years".
October 14, 2018: It is reported that Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have called off their engagement.
October 14, 2019: South Korean actress and singer "Sulli" commits suicide.
October 14, 2022:
• Actor Robbie Coltrane, who portrayed Hagrid in the Harry Potter movie series, passes away at the age of 72.
• UK Prime Minister Liz Truss sacks chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
• The horror film "Halloween Ends" is released.
October 14, 2023:
• Boxing: Tommy Fury defeats KSI via majority decision.
• Rugby: New Zealand defeat Ireland 28-24 in the quarter final of the Rugby World Cup.
• Rugby: Argentina defeat Wales 29-12 in the quarter final of the Rugby World Cup.
• The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza reaches 2,000.
• 60% of Australians vote against enshrining an Indigenous advocacy committee in their constitution.
• The National Party wins the 2023 New Zealand general election.
• Michael Caine confirms that he has retired from acting.
• 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume is stabbed to death during a suspected hate crime in Plainfield, Illinois.

Is it that long ago already?

Half a year has passed since April 14, 2024:

Soccer: Bayer Leverkusen win the Bundesliga for the first time in their history.
Several countries in the Persian Gulf are severely impacted by heavy rain and flooding.

Personality traits

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What has happened lately?

Notable events that happened close to October 14, 2024.

September 15, 2024:
• A man is arrested on suspicion of trying to assassinate Donald Trump in Florida.
• Tito Jackson dies at the age of 70.
September 16, 2024:
• Sean Combs (P. Diddy) is arrested in Manhattan following a grand jury indictment.
• Social media company Meta announces that it is banning the Russian media outlet RT for foreign interference activity.
September 17, 2024:
• Sean "Diddy" Combs is charged with sex-trafficking and racketeering.
• Lebanon: Nine are killed and over 2,750 are wounded after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah explode simultaneously.
September 18, 2024:
• Former Italian soccer player Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci dies at 59.
• 9 are killed and hundreds injured after walkie talkies begin exploding in Lebanon.
September 21, 2024: 51 people are killed in a coal mine explosion in Tabas, South Khorasan Province, Iran.
September 22, 2024: Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill more than 400 people.
September 25, 2024:
• Soccer: Raphaël Varane announces his retirement at the age of 31.
• New York City Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following multiple corruption probes.
September 26, 2024: Hurricane Helene hits the United States.
September 27, 2024:
• The video game "EA Sports FC 25" is released.
• British actress Maggie Smith passes away at the age of 89.
• Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon.
September 28, 2024: US country singer Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88.
September 30, 2024:
• Hamas says that its leader in Lebanon, Fatah Sharif Abu al-Amine, has been killed by an Israeli airstrike.
• Israel begins "targeted ground raids" in Lebanon.
• Former NBA player Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at the age of 58.
• Former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose dies aged 83.
• The PlayStation Network experiences a global outage.
• The death toll from Hurricane Helene reaches 100.
October 1, 2024:
• Tim Walz and JD Vance take part in a vice-presidential debate.
• Andres Iniesta retires from professional football.
• Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel.
• The 2024 United States port strike begins.
• TikTok influencer Mr Prada (Terryon Thomas) is arrested on suspicion of murder in Dallas, Texas.
October 3, 2024: Dockworkers agree to suspend the 2024 United States port strike after their contracts are extended to January 2025.
October 4, 2024: The film "Joker: Folie à Deux" is released.
October 6, 2024: The death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227.
October 8, 2024:
• The authorities ask millions of people in Florida to leave their homes before Hurricane Milton arrives.
• The US Supreme Court rejects R. Kelly's appeal.
• The Office actress Jenna Fischer reveals that she was diagnosed with breast cancer 11 months prior.
October 10, 2024: Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida.
This date: October 14, 2024
October 18, 2024: The horror film "Smile 2" is released.
November 5, 2024: The 2024 United States presidential election takes place.

Celebrity birthdays

Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on October 14.

Eamon de Valera

Irish revolutionary leader Deceased
Born on October 14, 1882
He was born exactly 142 years ago today.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

US President Deceased
Born on October 14, 1890
He was born exactly 134 years ago today.

Roger Moore

English actor Deceased
Born on October 14, 1927
He was born exactly 97 years ago today.

Cliff Richard

British singer
Born on October 14, 1940
He is 84 today.

George Floyd

Murder victim Deceased
Born on October 14, 1973
He would have turned 51 years old today.

Shaznay Lewis

All Saints
Born on October 14, 1975
She is 49 today.

Usher

Singer
Born on October 14, 1978
He is 46 today.

Stacy Keibler

Wrestler
Born on October 14, 1979
She is 45 today.

Rowan Blanchard

Actress
Born on October 14, 2001
She is 23 today.

Holidays

National holidays and famous events that fall on October 14:

Thanksgiving (Canada)
Columbus Day (USA)

Conception dates

Conception estimates for this date.

Note: These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

If your baby is due on October 14, 2024, then the date of conception was probably around January 22, 2024.
A baby that is conceived on October 14, 2024, will be due around July 7, 2025.

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