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Hughes was drafted seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL entry draft and played his first seven seasons with the team, serving as captain from 2023 until his trade to the Wild in 2025.
Famous Birthdays on October 14
1999 — Quinn Hughes
American ice hockey player
October 14 has 224 recorded notable births across history, from 1257 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 14
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- 1943 World War II: The Second Philippine Republic, a puppet state of Japan, is inaugurated with José P. Laurel as its president. Source
- 1981 Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat. Source
- 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. Source
- 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. Source
Did you know
Roger Taylor achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1973, the semi-finals of Wimbledon during the same year and winning back to back US Open men's doubles titles in 1971 and 1972.
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E. E. Cummings wrote four plays, the most successful of which were HIM (1927) and Santa Claus: A Morality (1946).
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Tillakaratne Dilshan was part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
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Jerry Glanville served as head coach of the Houston Oilers from 1986 to 1990 and the Atlanta Falcons from 1990 to 1994, compiling a career National Football League (NFL) record of 63–73.
More major people born on October 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1941
Roger Taylor
English tennis player
Roger Taylor MBE is a British former tennis player, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
1894
E. E. Cummings
American poet and playwright (died 1962)
Edward Estlin Cummings, commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright.
1976
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lankan cricketer
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan, commonly known as TM Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
1941
Jerry Glanville
American football player and coach
Jerry Michael Glanville is an American football coach. He is the current defensive coordinator of the San Antonio Toros of the Continental Football League.
1969
P. J. Brown
American basketball player
Collier "P. J." Brown Jr. is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1977
Saeed Ajmal
Pakistani cricketer
Saeed Ajmal SI is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who bats right handed.
1894
Sail Mohamed
Algerian anarchist and Spanish Civil War veteran (died 1953)
Mohand Amezian ben Ameziane Saïl was an Algerian anarchist and anti-colonial activist. Born in Kabylia, he was largely self-taught and became an atheist and an anarchist after moving to Metropolitan France.
1257
Przemysł II of Poland (died 1296)
Przemysł II was the Duke of Poznań from 1257–1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
1893
Lois Lenski
American author and illustrator (died 1974)
Lois Lenore Lenski Covey was a Newbery Medal-winning author and illustrator of picture books and children's literature.
1563
Jodocus Hondius
Flemish engraver and cartographer (died 1611)
Jodocus Hondius was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He is sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Jodocus Hondius II.
1842
Joe Start
American baseball player and manager (died 1927)
Joseph Start, nicknamed "Old Reliable", was one of the most durable regulars of baseball's earliest era, and one of the top first basemen of his time.
1938
Melba Montgomery
American country music singer (died 2025)
Melba Joyce Montgomery was an American country music singer and songwriter. She was known for a series of duet recordings made with George Jones, Gene Pitney, and Charlie Louvin.
1941
Art Shamsky
American baseball player and manager
Arthur Louis Shamsky, nicknamed "Sham" and "Smasher", is an American former Major League Baseball player.
1910
John Wooden
American basketball player and coach (died 2010)
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player.
1942
Evelio Javier
Filipino lawyer and politician (died 1986)
Evelio Bellaflor Javier was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as governor of the province of Antique and was an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos.
1960
Steve Cram
English runner and coach
Stephen Cram, is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle-distance runners during the 1980s.
1970
Jim Jackson
American basketball player and sportscaster
James Arthur Jackson is an American former professional basketball player.
1630
Sophia of Hanover (died 1714)
Sophia was Electress of Hanover from 1692 to 1698 as the consort of Prince-Elector Ernest Augustus.
1900
W. Edwards Deming
American statistician, author, and academic (died 1993)
William Edwards Deming was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer.