1. In 1912, Oklahoma celebrated Columbus Day for the first time as a state. The day commemorates Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492.
2. The University of Oklahoma's football team played their first game on October 14, 1895, losing to the Oklahoma City Town Team 34-0.
3. On October 14, 1932, President Herbert Hoover dedicated the Veterans Administration Hospital in Oklahoma City, which was the first VA hospital built in the United States.
4. In 1985, the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team, then known as the Seattle SuperSonics, played their first preseason game in Oklahoma City's Myriad Convention Center. It was the first NBA game played in Oklahoma City since 1958.
5. On October 14, 1947, two men reported seeing a UFO near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The incident, known as the Gorman Dogfight, involved an airplane pilot and a National Guard pilot pursuing the UFO in the air. The incident remains unexplained.