October 14th, 1721

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Born on October 14th, 1721 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1721)

Born on October 14th, 1721

Weekday

Tuesday

October 14th, 1721 was a Tuesday.

Age

302

People born on October 14th, 1721 will turn 303 this year (2024), in exactly 168 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1721 - October 23rd, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 499 days, exactly on September 10th, 2025, people who were born on October 14th, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!

110,501 Days

15,785 Weeks

3,630 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 14th?

October 14th, 2021

Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest private-sector strikes in the United States.

October 14th, 2014

A snowstorm and series of avalanches occurred on and around the Himalayan peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, resulting in the deaths of at least 43 people.

October 14th, 2012

Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere to become the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.

October 14th, 1980

The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party concluded, having anointed North Korean president Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.

Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

October 14th, 1964

Members of the Politburo voted to remove Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and replace him with Leonid Brezhnev.

October 14th, 1957

After three days of heavy rain, the Turia overflowed and flooded the city of Valencia, Spain, causing at least 81 deaths.

October 14th, 1956

B. R. Ambedkar, a leader of India's "Untouchable" caste, publicly converted to Buddhism and became the leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement.

October 14th, 1953

Israeli military commander Ariel Sharon and his Unit 101 special forces attacked the village of Qibya on the West Bank, destroying 45 buildings, killing 42 villagers, and wounding 15 others.

October 14th, 1949

The first of the Smith Act trials concluded in New York City, with eleven leaders of the Communist Party of the United States found guilty of violating the Smith Act.

October 14th, 1947

American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.06 on board the Bell X-1, an experimental rocket-powered aircraft.

October 14th, 1943

The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.

October 14th, 1940

Second World War: During the Blitz, a semi-armour-piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above Balham station in London, which was being used as an air raid shelter, killing at least 64 people.

October 14th, 1939

Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland.

October 14th, 1926

The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published.

October 14th, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 14th

Born on October 14th, 1721

Pierre Victor, baron de Besenval de Brünstatt

French soldier

*October 14th, 1721, Solothurn †June 2nd, 1791, Paris

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 14th?

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

Roger Moore

English actor (1927–2017)

*October 14th, 1927, Stockwell †May 23rd, 2017, Crans-Montana

Nina Chuba

German singer and television actor

*October 14th, 1998, Wedel

Lin Dan

Chinese badminton player

*October 14th, 1983, Longyan

Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States from 1953 to 1961

*October 14th, 1890, Denison †March 28th, 1969, Washington, D.C.

Paul Arndt

German classical archaeologist

*October 14th, 1865, Dresden †July 17th, 1937, Munich

Victor Nelsson

Danish association football player

*October 14th, 1998, Hornbæk

Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi

Indonesian badminton player

*October 14th, 2001, Sukoharjo

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

Lillian Gish

American actress (1893–1993)

*October 14th, 1893, Springfield †February 27th, 1993, New York City

Usher

American R&B singer (born 1978)

*October 14th, 1978, Dallas

Rikky von Opel

Racecar driver

*October 14th, 1947, New York City

Alexandra Lamy

French actress

*October 14th, 1971, Alès

Ariela Barer

American actor and singer

*October 14th, 1998, United States of America

Jacqueline Beer

French actress

*October 14th, 1932, Paris

George Grenville

Prime Minister of Great Britain (1712-1770)

*October 14th, 1712, Westminster †November 13th, 1770, London

Kenny Neal

American blues guitarist and singer

*October 14th, 1957, Erwinville

MacKenzie Mauzy

American actress and model

*October 14th, 1988, Greensboro

Catherine Johnson

British playwright

*October 14th, 1957, Suffolk

William Penn

English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)

*October 14th, 1644, London †July 30th, 1718, Ruscombe

Same year
Born in 1721

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

Jean-Philippe Baratier

German scholar (1721-1740)

*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

French statesman (1721-1794)

*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris

Roger Sherman

Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)

*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

*September 16th, 1721, Viterbo †July 22nd, 1803, Rome

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham

James Elphinston

British linguist

*December 6th, 1721, Edinburgh †October 8th, 1809

Friedrich Samuel Zickler

*November 14th, 1721, Rödigsdorf †April 23rd, 1779, Jena

Robert Strange

Scottish engraver

*July 14th, 1721, Kirkwall †July 5th, 1792, London

Bernardo Bellotto

Italian artist

*January 30th, 1721, Venice †November 17th, 1780, Warsaw

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

British politician (1721-1803)

*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham Gardens

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, Tübingen

Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

German noble (1721-1774)

*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, Darmstadt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 14th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.X.MDCCXXI

14.10.1721

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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October 14th, 1721

Born on October 14th, 1721

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 110,000 days old!

110,501 Days

15,785 Weeks

3,630 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 14th?

Approximately 10,000 John Deere employees went on strike in one of the largest private-sector strikes in the United States.

A snowstorm and series of avalanches occurred on and around the Himalayan peaks of Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, resulting in the deaths of at least 43 people.

Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere to become the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power.

The 6th Congress of the Workers' Party concluded, having anointed North Korean president Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il as his successor.

Members of the Politburo voted to remove Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and replace him with Leonid Brezhnev.

After three days of heavy rain, the Turia overflowed and flooded the city of Valencia, Spain, causing at least 81 deaths.

B. R. Ambedkar, a leader of India's "Untouchable" caste, publicly converted to Buddhism and became the leader of the Dalit Buddhist movement.

Israeli military commander Ariel Sharon and his Unit 101 special forces attacked the village of Qibya on the West Bank, destroying 45 buildings, killing 42 villagers, and wounding 15 others.

The first of the Smith Act trials concluded in New York City, with eleven leaders of the Communist Party of the United States found guilty of violating the Smith Act.

American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.06 on board the Bell X-1, an experimental rocket-powered aircraft.

The Second Philippine Republic, a Japanese puppet state, was established with Jose P. Laurel as its first president.

Second World War: During the Blitz, a semi-armour-piercing fragmentation bomb fell on the road above Balham station in London, which was being used as an air raid shelter, killing at least 64 people.

Second World War: The German submarine U-47 torpedoed and sank the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak while the latter was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland.

The first book featuring English author A. A. Milne's fictional bear Winnie-the-Pooh was published.

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.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 14th

Born on October 14th, 1721

French soldier

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 14th?

Same year Born in 1721

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 14th

Angadrisma

Fortunatus of Todi

Joseph Schereschewsky (Episcopal Church (USA))

Pope Callixtus I

October 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.10.1721

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 14th

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Born in 1721

Calendar
October 1721

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