Historydraftbeta HistorydraftbetaWhat happened 14 October in United States of America
Check most memorable events 14 October in United States of America.New Jersey, U.S. Monday Oct 14, 1878 Incandescent light bulb
Edison filed his first patent Application for "Improvement In Electric Lights"
New Jersey, U.S. Monday Oct 14, 1878 Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Monday Oct 14, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt
Assassination Attempt
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. Monday Oct 14, 1912 On October 14, 1912, while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Roosevelt was shot by a saloonkeeper named John Flammang Schrank. The bullet lodged in his chest after penetrating his steel eyeglass case and passing through a thick (50 pages) single-folded copy of the speech titled "Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual", which he was carrying in his jacket.
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