On October 14, 1774,
First Continental Congress issued their Declaration and Resolves as a denunciation of Parliament’s Intolerable Acts.

The first resolve states that “they (meaning the inhabitants of the English Colonies in North America) are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever a right to dispose of either without their consent.”

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Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at Westminster Abbey in London, England

On October 14, 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent methods used to promote equality.

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On October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager proved that he had the right stuff, breaking the sound barrier for the first time over California’s Mojave Desert. Yeager is shown with the Bell X-1 he piloted, a craft he’d named for his wife.

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Flame detail of the Statue of Liberty

Liberty Island, New York

October 14, 1985

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Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas.

In the mid 1950s President Eisenhower authorized the Interstate Highway System which enhanced transportation and commerce across the U.S.

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“An automobile must be VERY Good or it’s NO GOOD”

An advertisement for the Haynes-Apperson Company from 1904

On October 14, 1857 American inventor and automotive pioneer, Elwood Haynes, was born in Portland, Indiana.

He cofounded the Haynes-Apperson Company that produced cars starting in the 1890s.

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American author and illustrator of picture and children’s books, Lois Lenski, was born on October 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio.

Instead of writing children’s books that focused on children in other parts of the world, her Regional series and Roundabout America series of books introduced children to different areas of America.

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PROPOSED EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS….

In the following October, the following correspondence passed between General Grant and Major-General Polk, formerly a much respected Bishop of the Episcopal Church, but subsequently one of the most bitter and unscrupulous officers of the rebel service:

“Head-quarters, First Division, Western Department.”

“To the Commanding Officer at Cairo and Bird’s Point:

“I have in my camp a number of prisoners of the Federal army, and am informed there are prisoners belonging to the Missouri State troops in yours. I propose an exchange of these prisoners, and for that purpose send Captain Polk, of the Artillery, and Lieutenant Smith, of the Infantry, both of the Confederate States Army, with a flag of truce, to deliver to you this communication, and to know your pleasure in regard to my proposition.

“The principles recognized in the exchange of prisoners effected on the third of September, between Brigadier-General Pillow, of the Confederate Army, and Colonel Wallace, of the United States Army, are those I propose as the basis of that now contemplated.

“Respectfully, your obedient servant,

“L. Polk,
‘Major-General Commanding’

To this communication General Grant forwarded the
following reply :

“Head-quarters, Department
“Southeast Missouri, Cairo, Oct. 14th, 1861.

“General: — Yours of this date is just received. In regard to an exchange of prisoners, as proposed, I can of my own accordance make none. I recognize no ‘Southern Confederacy’ myself, but will communicate with higher authorities for their views. Should I not be sustained, I will find means of communicating with you.

“Respectfully, your obedient servant,

“U. S. Grant, Brigadier- General Commanding.
“To Major-General Polk, Columbus, Ky.”

From: Illustrated life, campaigns and public services of Lieut. General Grant … With a full history of his life, campaigns, and battles, and his orders, reports, and correspondence with the War department and the President in relation to them, published in 1865

https://archive.org/details/illustratedlifec02gran/page/38/mode/2up

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A portrait of William Penn in armor at 22 years old from the year 1666.
In 1666 William Penn participated in a military action to suppress a rebellion at Carrickfergus Castle in Ireland.

William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was born on October 14, 1644 (Old Style date) in London, England.

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Construction workers continue the job as a horse drawn trolley filled with passengers squeezes by them on Barclay Street in New York City

– October 14, 1891

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On October 14, 1957,
“Wake Up Little Susie” by the Everly Brothers became the #1 selling single in music stores in America.

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On October 14, 1912 Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest but was saved by an overlapping speech document and eyeglass case which mitigated his injury.

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