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Historical Events on October 14

  • Puritanism

    1656

    Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive.

  • British East India Company

    1773

    Just before the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, several of the British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.

  • Detroit Tigers

    1908

    The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series; this would be their last until clinching the 2016 World Series.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    1912

    While campaigning in Milwaukee, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr. Roosevelt still carries out his scheduled public speech.

  • Operation Showdown

    1952

    Korean War: United Nations and South Korean forces launch Operation Showdown against Chinese strongholds at the Iron Triangle. The resulting Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    1964

    Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

  • Montreal Metro

    1966

    The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.

  • Joan Baez

    1967

    Vietnam War: American folk singer and activist Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California.

  • War on Drugs

    1982

    U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.

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