Day's Calendar – October 14

The 288th day of the year; 78 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Mtskhetoba — Svetitskhovloba.

Equal-to-the-Apostles King Mirian and Queen Nana; Saint Sidonia and the priest Abiathar (of Jewish origin); Saint Melchizedek I, Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia (11th century); Apostle Ananias, one of the Seventy (1st century); Venerable Romanos the Melodist (5th century); Martyr Domnina of Thessalonica (4th century); Venerable Martyr Michael — Abbot of Zoba — and 36 venerable martyrs with him (780–790).

Born:

1585 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer, Kapellmeister, organist, and educator; died in 1672.

1633 – James II, King of Great Britain (1685–1688); died in 1701.

1804 – Grigol Orbeliani, poet; died in 1883.

1842 – Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter; died in 1904. 1864 – Stefan Żeromski, Polish writer; died in 1925.

1890 – Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the USA; died in 1969.

1891 – Grigol Robakidze, writer; died in 1962.

1895 – Simon Kaukhchishvili, philologist and academician; died in 1981.

Died:

1956 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Prime Minister of Finland (1918; 1944–1946) and President of Finland from 1946; born in 1870.

1960 – Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist and academician; born in 1880.

1985 – Emil Gilels, violinist; born in 1916.

1990 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor.

Events:

1066 – The Battle of Hastings took place between William, Duke of Normandy, and King Harold of England. As a result of the Norman victory, William was crowned King of England.

1918 – The Turkish government sent a letter containing peace proposals to U.S. President Wilson.

1920 – The Soviet Union signed a peace treaty with Finland.

1933 – Germany withdrew from the League of Nations and recalled its delegation from the disarmament conference.

1944 – British troops liberated Athens from the German fascists.

1946 – The International Organization for Standardization was founded.

1964 – Leonid Brezhnev became First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

1964 – African-American leader Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Prize.

1981 – Hosni Mubarak became President of Egypt.

2000 – The American space shuttle Discovery was successfully launched with seven astronauts on board.

2002 – An agreement was signed between the Georgian state and the Georgian Orthodox Church. Notable Days:

World Standards Day:

Democratic Republic of Yemen — National Day.