About the day » Wednesday October 14, 1896Calender converter

• Ahava Dale Webb, Sherwood, Branch, Michigan, United States of America († 1958)
• van der Heijden, Fijnaart († 1896)
• Adele Theresia Kourimsky († 1960)
• Anna Elisabeth Gerritje Hekkers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Schoonbergen, Harlingen
• Afina Harkes Aalfs, Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adéline Amandine Joseph DUFLOS, Calonne-Ricouart,62470,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1896)
• Adrianus RAS, Strijen († 1896)
• Aartje Hoeve († 1979)
• Aaltje Wollenberg, Rotterdam, Nederland

• Arie TEUNISSEN VAN MANEN (42), Randwijk, 6668, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Bernardus VAN WAIJENBURG (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Barend LANGEWIS (37)
• Adriana Scholten (60), Hillegom, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes de Kok (47), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Adrian Bogerd (0), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Teunissen van Manen (42), Heteren(Randwijk)
• Carel Bruring
• Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Schirmer (62), Hannoversch Münden,,Lower Saxony,Germany
• Christianus Cobussen (0), Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)
• 1893 » Lillian Gish, American actress († 1993)
• 1894 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright († 1962)
• 1894 » Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer († 1978)
• 1897 » Alicja Dorabialska, Polish chemist († 1975)
• 1898 » Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1950)
• 1900 » W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic († 1993)
• 1902 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager († 1963)

• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

The temperature on October 14, 1896 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.