On This Day: October 14 - The New York Times
- ️Tue Oct 14 1890
Updated October 14, 2013, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Oct. 14, 1890, Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th United States president and highly respected American general, was born. Following his death on March 28, 1969, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On Oct. 14, 1066, Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
| 1890 | Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, was born in Denison, Texas. |
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| 1910 | Hall of Fame UCLA basketball coach John Wooden was born near Martinsville, Ind. |
| 1933 | Nazi Germany announced it was withdrawing from the League of Nations. |
| 1944 | German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler. |
| 1947 | Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 rocket plane over Edwards Air Force Base in California. |
| 1960 | Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy suggested formation of a Peace Corps during a talk at the University of Michigan. |
| 1964 | Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1968 | The first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7. |
| 1977 | Singer Bing Crosby died at age 73. |
| 1979 | Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scored the first of his record 894 goals in a home game against the Vancouver Cancucks. |
| 1986 | Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 1987 | A 58-hour drama began in Midland, Texas, as 18-month-old Jessica McClure slid 22 feet down an abandoned well at a private day care center. |
| 1990 | Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died at age 72. |
| 1991 | Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. |
| 2006 | The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test. |
Historic Birthdays
Dwight David Eisenhower
10/14/1890 - 3/28/1969
34th president of the United States and supreme commander of World War II Allied forces in Europe.Go to obituary »
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Sir Peter Lely 10/14/1618 - 12/7/1680 English painter |
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James II 10/14/1633 - 9/16/1701 English king (1685-8) |
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William Penn 10/14/1644 - 7/30/1718 English Quaker and advocate for religious liberty; founded American colony of Pennsylvania |
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George Grenville 10/14/1712 - 11/13/1770 English first lord of the Treasury (1763-5) |
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Francis Lightfoot Lee 10/14/1734 - 1/11/1797 American revolutionary leader; signed Declaration of Independence |
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Ferdinand VII 10/14/1784 - 9/29/1833 Spanish king (1808, 1813-33) |
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Elwood Haynes 10/14/1857 - 4/13/1925 American industrialist |
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Eamon de Valera 10/14/1882 - 8/29/1975 Irish politician and patriot; prime minister (1932-48; 1951-4; 1957-9) and president (1959-73) |
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Lillian Gish 10/14/1893 - 2/27/1993 American actress |
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e. e. cummings 10/14/1894 - 9/3/1962 American poet |