October 14th, 1742

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Born on October 14th, 1742 – 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 1742)

Born on October 14th, 1742

Weekday

Sunday

October 14th, 1742 was a Sunday.

Age

281

People born on October 14th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 169 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1742 - October 23rd, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 170 days, exactly on October 15th, 2024, people who were born on October 14th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,830 Days

14,690 Weeks

3,378 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

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

Ioan Bob

Bishop of Făgăraş

*October 14th, 1739, Orman †October 2nd, 1830, Blaj

Usher

American R&B singer (born 1978)

*October 14th, 1978, Dallas

Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière

Canadian politician (1743-1811)

*October 14th, 1743, Quebec City †October 2nd, 1811, Quebec

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

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

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

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.MDCCXLII

14.10.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1742

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October 14th, 1742

Born on October 14th, 1742

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,830 Days

14,690 Weeks

3,378 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

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

Same year Born in 1742

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

14.10.1742

Legend

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Born in 1742

Calendar
October 1742

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40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
41	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
42	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
43	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
44	29	30	31