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An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 14, 2023.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51169424/solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023/

An annular solar eclipse will occur on October 14, 2042.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_14,_2042



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On 14 October 2010, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation announced the global eradication of rinderpest.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51169475/rinderpest/

The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549619/battle-of-hastings/

On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12244751/hms-royal-oak/

On October 14, 1962, a United States Air Force U-2 plane on a photoreconnaissance mission captured photographic proof of Soviet missile bases under construction in Cuba.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_missile_crisis

Operation Totem was a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests which took place in October 1953.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549554/operation-totem-nuclear-test/

1968 Meckering earthquake
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549591/1968-meckering-earthquake/

The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster occurred in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales on 14 October 1913
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549572/senghenydd-colliery-disaster/

The 11th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) on the 14th October, 1960, defines the metre to be equal to 1,650,763.73 wavelengths
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre



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Chuck Yeager broke the Sound Barrier by in 1947
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549673/bell-x-1-tests/

Austrian Felix Baumgartner broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (39km) above New Mexico in 2012
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51108531/felix-baumgartner/

General Sir Edward Sabine (14 October 1788 - 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sabine

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (October 14, 1840 - January 17, 1910) was a German physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Kohlrausch

Engin Ark (October 14, 1948 - November 30, 2007) was a renowned Turkish particle physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engin_Ar%C4%B1k

Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin (October 14, 1932 -August 4, 2005) was a Russian theoretical physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoly_Larkin

Raymond (Ray) Davis, Jr. (October 14, 1914 - May 31, 2006) was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Davis,_Jr.

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (Beuxelles, 14 October 1801 - Ghent, 15 September 1883) was a Belgian physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Plateau

Robert Simson (14 October 1687 - 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Simson

John Smith (baptised 14 October 1711 - 17 June 1795) was a British academic and astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(astronomer)



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The Snowmastodon site was discovered on October 14, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowmastodon_site

Winnie-the-Pooh was first published on 14 October 1926
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37633399

Roundhay Garden Scene is an 1888 short film directed by inventor Louis Le Prince.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene



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NGC Discovered

NGC 213 is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765670/ngc-213/

NGC 234 is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765657/ngc-234/

NGC 823 is a magnitude +12.8 elliptical galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 14th October 1830.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55238397/ngc-823/

NGC 871 is a magnitude +13.6 barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765649/ngc-871/

NGC 877 is a magnitude +11.9 barred spiral galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765642/ngc-877/

NGC 1213 is a magnitude +14.4 spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 14th October 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55238380/ngc-1213/

NGC 6303 is a magnitude +15.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by Lewis A. Swift on the 14th October 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765635/ngc-6303/

NGC 7008 is a magnitude +12.0 planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765627/ngc-7008/

NGC 7296 is a magnitude +9.7 open cluster discovered by William Herschel on the 14th October 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58765616/ngc-7296/



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Asteroid (176) Iduna was discovered by Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters on October 14, 1877, in Clinton, New York.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/176_Iduna

Asteroid (244) Sita was discovered by Johann Palisa on October 14, 1884 in Vienna.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/244_Sita



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Meteorites

The Zebrak (H5) meteorite fell in Stredocesky, Czech Republic, on the 14th October, 1824.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45549709/zebrak-meteorite/



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