October 14

Today in History
• 1774 - 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia
• 1834 - First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
• 1863 - Battle at Bristoe Station, Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
• 1865 - Cheyennes and Arapahos sign "peace treaty" then chased out Colorado
• 1884 - George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
• 1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" collection
• 1922 - 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC
• 1922 - 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue NYC


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bathukamma Starting Day
• Chisinau City Day
• Day of Svetitskovloba
• Day of the Defender
• Liberation Day in Yemen
• Mahalaya
• Mwalimu Nyerere Day
• National Chess Day

Birthdays
• 1257 - Przemysl II, King of Poland (1295-96)
• 1404 - Marie of Anjou, Queen of France (1422-61)
• 1633 - James II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1685-88)
• 1644 - William Penn, English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania
• 1712 - George Grenville, British Prime Minister (1763-65) who introduced the Stamp Act
• 1784 - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1808, 1813-33)
• 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President (Republican: 1953-61)
• 1930 - Mobutu Sese Seko, Dictator and President of Zaire (1965-97)