October 14

Tuesday 14, 1969:

A race riot occurs in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Monday 14, 1912:

While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.

Saturday 14, 1865:

The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes signed a treaty with the U.S. at a camp on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. However, none of the parties to the treaty abided by it.

Wednesday 14, 1840:

Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta.

Wednesday 14, 1835:

1835 - John Templeton, John Moore, Stanley Cuthbart and Ellen Ritchie were charged in Wheeling, Virginia with illegally teaching blacks to read.

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