October 14
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October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining.
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Events
- 1066 - Battle of Hastings
- 1947 - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
- 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis begins
- 1948 - Malagasy Republic becomes independent
- 1964 - Leonid Brezhnev becomes general secretary of the CPSU and leader of the Soviet Union, ousting Nikita Khrushchev
- 1966 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system.
- 1981 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
Births
- 1630 - Sophia of Hanover
- 1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland
- 1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania († 1718)
- 1857 - Elwood Haynes, automobile pioneer
- 1861 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer
- 1882 - Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot († 1975)
- 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US General of the Army, 34th president of the United States
- 1893 - Lillian Gish, actress († 1993)
- 1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet († 1962)
- 1904 - Christian Pineau, French World War II resistance fighter
- 1906 - Hannah Arendt, intellectual
- 1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach
- 1911 - Le Duc Tho, Nobel Peace Prize recipient († 1990)
- 1916 - C. Everett Coop, United States Surgeon General
- 1927 - Roger Moore, actor
- 1930 - Joseph Mobutu, president of Zaire († 1997)
- 1935 - La Monte Young, American composer
- 1936 - Thomas N. Bland, Jr., U.S.Marine Corps Photographer
- 1938 - John W. Dean III, former White House counsel, Watergate figure
- 1938 - Empress Farah of Iran
- 1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
- 1940 - Cliff Richard, British rock singer
- 1941 - Jerry Glanville, American football coach and commentator
- 1944 - Udo Kier, actor
- 1946 - Craig Venter, American biologist
- 1946 - Justin Hayward, musician ("The Moody Blues")
- 1953 - Diann Karin Lynn. Capt. U.S.Navy
- 1958 - Thomas Dolby, rock musician
- 1978 - Usher Raymond, singer, actor
Deaths
- 1066 - Harold Godwinson, king of England
- 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English soldier
- 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German Feldmarschall
- 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor
- 1976 - Dame Edith Evans, actress
- 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer, actor
- 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor
- 1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist
- 1998 - Frankie Yankovic, polka musician
- 1998 - Cleveland Amory, writer, animal rights activist
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 13 - October 15 - September 14 - November 14 - more historical anniversaries
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "October 14" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_14 October 14, 2003
