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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenders_Day_(Ukraine)" title="Defenders Day (Ukraine)">Defenders Day</a></b> in Ukraine
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1758" title="1758">1758</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Silesian_War" title="Third Silesian War">Third Silesian War</a>: At the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hochkirch" title="Battle of Hochkirch">Battle of Hochkirch</a></b>, an Austrian army under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Joseph_von_Daun" title="Leopold Joseph von Daun">Leopold Joseph von Daun</a> surprised the Prussians commanded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a>, overwhelming them and forcing a general retreat.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – French inventor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince" title="Louis Le Prince">Louis Le Prince</a> filmed <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhay_Garden_Scene" title="Roundhay Garden Scene">Roundhay Garden Scene</a></b></i> <i>(featured)</i>, the earliest surviving motion picture, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a>, England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a>, a leader of India's "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit" title="Dalit">Untouchable</a>" caste, publicly converted to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, becoming the leader of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit_Buddhist_movement" title="Dalit Buddhist movement">Dalit Buddhist movement</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a> – At least 75,000 people attended the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_March_on_Washington_for_Lesbian_and_Gay_Rights" title="National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights">National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights</a></b> in Washington, D.C., to demand equal civil rights for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a> – Approximately 10,000 employees of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere" title="John Deere">John Deere</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_John_Deere_strike" title="2021 John Deere strike">go on strike</a></b> in one of the United States' largest private-sector strikes.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Dioscorus" title="Antipope Dioscorus">Antipope Dioscorus</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 530); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Arcadelt" title="Jacques Arcadelt">Jacques Arcadelt</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1568); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Welles" title="Sumner Welles">Sumner Welles</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1892); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Bonstelle" title="Jessie Bonstelle">Jessie Bonstelle</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1932)</p>
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