Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays Events 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. 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Bristol Station - Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union army out of Virginia. 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. 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, which was awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States. 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 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 Koop, United States Surgeon General 1927 - Roger Moore, actor 1930 - Joseph Mobutu, president of Zaire († 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 - 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") 1958 - Thomas Dolby, rock musician 1969 - David Strickland, American actor († 1999) 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 2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.