October 14 October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, the Norman invasion forces of William the Conqueror defeat the English army and kill King Harold II of England. 1806 - Battle of Jena-Auerstädt 1812 - work on London's Regent's Canal starts. 1840 - Maronite leader Bashir II surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta. 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Bristol Station - Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union Army out of Virginia. 1900-1999 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. 1926 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time. 1944 - World War II: Given the choice between a public treason trial and a certain death by firing squad or suicide with honor, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel chooses the latter. 1947 - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight. 1953 - Qibya massacre was carried out by Israeli troops in a West Bank village. 1960 - US presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps. 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed. 1964 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes general secretary of the CPSU and leader of the Soviet Union, ousting Nikita Khrushchev. 1964 - American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1966 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro). 1968 - Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the United States Army and United States Marines will be sending about 24,000 troops back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours. 1979 - The first gay rights march in the United States takes place in Washington, DC, involving many tens of thousands of people. 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated. 1987 - 18 month old Jessica McClure ("Baby Jessica") falls down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas (her nationally televised rescue takes 58 hours). 1998 - Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with 6 bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia. Births 1400-1899 1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (d. 1568) 1630 - Sophia of Hanover 1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland 1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718) 1842 - Joe Start, baseball player (d. 1927) 1857 - Elwood Haynes, automobile pioneer 1861 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (d. 1944) 1873 - Ray Ewry, American athlete 1882 - Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot (d. 1975) 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US General of the Army, 34th president of the United States (d. 1969) 1893 - Lillian Gish, actress (d. 1993) 1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962) 1900-1999 1904 - Christian Pineau, French World War II resistance fighter 1906 - Hannah Arendt, intellectual (d. 1975) 1906 - Hassan al Banna, founder of Muslim Brotherhood movement. 1908 - Allan Jones, actor, singer (d. 1992) 1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach 1911 - Le Duc Tho, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1990) 1914 - Dick Durrance, American skier (d. 2004) 1916 - C. Everett Koop, United States Surgeon General 1927 - Roger Moore, actor 1930 - Joseph Mobutu, president of Zaire (d. 1997) 1935 - La Monte Young, American composer 1938 - John W. Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure 1938 - Empress Farah Diba of Iran 1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer 1940 - Perrie Mans, South Africa snooker player 1940 - Cliff Richard, British rock singer 1941 - Jerry Glanville, American football coach and commentator 1944 - Udo Kier, german actor 1946 - Justin Hayward, musician ("The Moody Blues") 1946 - Craig Venter, American biologist 1946 - Demond Wilson, actor ("Sanford and Son") 1952 - Harry Anderson, actor ("Night Court") 1954 - Alma MacDougal Reising, Queen mother 1958 - Thomas Dolby, rock musician 1969 - David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999) 1971 - Jorge Costa, football player 1978 - Paul Hunter, English snooker player 1978 - Usher Raymond, singer, actor Deaths 1000-1899 1066 - Harold Godwinson, king of England 1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540) 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English soldier 1900-1999 1911 - John Marshall Harlan, American Supreme Court associate justice 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German Feldmarschall 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor 1976 - Dame Edith Evans, actress 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer, actor 1977 - Keenan Wynn, American actor 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor 1994 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916) 1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist 1998 - Frankie Yankovic, polka musician 1998 - Cleveland Amory, writer, animal rights activist 2000-2099 2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond Holidays nds:14 Oktober FAVORITE ARTICLES: History of the World    History of the United States    History of Europe    Ancient History    History    Military History    World War I    Bombing of Dresden    California    US Constitution    Frank Sinatra    Boston    Marbury v. 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