October 14 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Hindu: Navratri major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2017 — A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others. ↗
• 2015 — A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan, kills at least seven people and injures 13 others. ↗
• 2014 — A snowstorm and avalanche in the Nepalese Himalayas triggered by the remnants of Cyclone Hudhud kills 43 people. ↗
• 2014 — Utah State University receives a bomb threat against feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian, who was to give a lecture the next day. ↗
• 2012 — Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere in the Red Bull Stratos project. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 2001 — Rowan Blanchard, American actress
• 1999 — Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast
• 1994 — Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
• 1994 — Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer