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Today in History ~ October 14
Events1066 - William, Duke of Normandy, leads his invading army to victory over England's King Harold at Hastings. Crowned King William, he's known to history as William the Conqueror. [H]
1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1492 - Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria de Concepcion
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1745 - French help convoy reaches Montrose, Scotland
1774 - 1st Continental Congress declares colonial rights (Phila)
1834 - 1st black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
1843 - British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
1863 - Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1865 - Cheyenne & Arapaho sign "peace treaty" then are chased out Colorado
1884 - George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1899 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs for South Africa
1901 - Justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I Were King," premieres in NYC (Francois Villon)
1912 - Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, is shot at close range by anarchist William Schrenk while greeting the public in front of the Hotel Gilpatrick. [H]
1913 - Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
1922 - 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue NYC
1922 - 1st automated telephones -- Pennsylvania exchange in NYC
1925 - Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)
1926 - Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released. Milne wrote this and other delightful, "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories, centering the tales around his little son,
Christopher Robin, and Christopher's stuffed animals, like the honey-loving Pooh Bear, Eeyore (the donkey), Piglet and Tigger, too.
1930 - Ethel Merman's debut on Broadway in "Girl Crazy" ("I Got Rhythm")
1933 - Nazi Germany withdraws from League of Nations
1938 - Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
1939 - German U-47 (commanded by Kapitan Gunther Prien) sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
1941 - 1st mass deportation at Kovno, Lodz, Minsk & Riga
1943 - 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
1943 - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 bombers during assault on Schweinfurt
1944 - British and Greek troops liberated Athens, ending three years of World War II occupation by German troops.
1944 - Allied troops land in Corfu
1947 - Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
1948 - Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt
1949 - 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
1949 - Chinese Red army occupies Canton
1950 - Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
1951 - Organization of Central American States forms
1953 - Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
1954 - Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
1956 - Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC
1958 - Brendan Behan's "Hostage," premieres in London
1958 - Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong," premieres in NYC
1960 - Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1961 - "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St NYC for 1415 performances
1962 - US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1964 - Philips begins experimenting with color TV
1966 - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1968 - 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1968 - Beatles "White Album" completed
1969 - Race riots in Springfield Mass
1973 - Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1975 - Pres Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1976 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
1979 - 100,000 gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and straight supporters march on Washington, D.C., demanding equal rights for homosexuals under the law
1980 - Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1982 - 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1986 - Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
1993 - Gunmen shot and killed Haitian Justice Minister Guy Malary, who'd been appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, in an apparent attempt to scuttle the agreement to return Aristide to power
1994 - The kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian extremists ended with the soldier and four others being killed in a shootout. The same day, the Nobel peace prize was awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat. Nobel Prize also awarded to Shimon Peres
2000 - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to meet with President Clinton in Egypt to seek a truce and possibly a way back to the peace table.
Birthdays Today
1542 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)
1585 - Heinrich Schutz, German royal chaplain master/composer (Daphne)
1633 - James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
1644 - William Penn (colonist: founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers)
1734 - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1796 - Adolf Ganz, composer
1853 - Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
1864 - Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental)
1871 - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)
1882 - Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
1890 - Dwight David 'Ike' Eisenhower (5-star U.S. army general: Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War II; 34th U.S. President)
1894 - e e (Edward Estlin) cummings (poet, playwright: Him, Santa Claus; writer: The Enormous Room)
1896 - Lillian Gish (de Guiche) (actress: Birth of a Nation, Orphans of the Storm, Sweet Liberty, A Wedding, The Whales of August)
1906 - Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism)
1908 - Allan Jones (singer: The Donkey Serenade; actor: Showboat, Rose Marie, Firefly, One Night in the Tropics, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races; father of singer, Jack Jones)
1910 - John Wooden (Basketball Hall of Famer: coach: UCLA Bruins: most NCAA titles [10], Indiana State)
1911 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
1916 - C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)
1924 - Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
1926 - Bill Justis (musician: saxophone: Raunchy)
1928 - Robert Webber (actor: Private Benjamin, 10, Revenge of the Pink Panther, The Stripper, The Sandpiper, Twelve Angry Men, Moonlighting)
1928 - Roger (George Roger) Moore (actor: James Bond '007': A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker, The Spy Who Loved Me, Octopussy, The Saint, Maverick, The Persuaders, The Alaskans)
1930 - Robert Parker, US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin')
1938 - John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure)
1938 - Melba Montgomery (singer: No Charge, Angel of the Morning, Hall of Shame, The Greatest Ones of All)
1939 - Ralph Lauren (Lifshitz) (fashion designer: Polo clothes, cologne, linens, etc.)
1940 - Cliff Richard (Harry Webb) (singer: Move It, Devil Woman, Dreaming, High Class Baby, Livin' Doll, Travelin' Light, Please Don't Tease, I Love You, The Young Ones, The Next Time, Bachelor Boy, Summer Holiday, The Minute You're Gone, Congratulations, Power to all Our Friends; in films: The Young Ones, Summer Holiday, Wonderful Life)
1940 - Tommy Harper (baseball)
1941 - J.C. (Jesse Carlyle) Snead (golf)
1943 - Lance Rentzel (football)
1946 - Al Oliver (baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates)
1946 - Justin Hayward (guitarist, singer: group: The Moody Blues: Go Now!, Nights In White Satin, Tuesday Afternoon, Question, Your Wildest Dreams; solo: Forever Autumn, LP: Songwriter, Moving Mountains, Other Side of Life, Sur la Mer)
1946 - Wade Key (football)
1947 - Bob Kuechenberg (football: Miami Dolphins guard: Super Bowl Vi, VII, VIII, XVII)
1947 - Charley Joiner (football: Houston Oilers wide receiver, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers: player, receivers coach)
1950 - Sheila Young (Ochowicz) (International Women's Sports Hall of Famer: Olympic Gold Medalist [3 in 1976]: speed skater; national and world cycling sprint champion [1981])
1952 - Harry Anderson (actor: Night Court, Dave's World; magician)
1953 - Greg Evigan (actor: B.J. and the Bear, Masquerade, My Two Dads, Tek War, Deepstar Six, P.S. I Luv You)
1956 - Arleen Sorkin (actress: It's Pat: The Movie, Days of Our Lives, Duet; TV host: America's Funniest People)
1956 - Beth Daniel (champion golfer: LPGA [1990], Rookie of the Year [1979], Player of the Year [1980]; AP Female Athlete of the Year [1990])
Famous deaths
0530 - Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies
1066 - Harold II, King of England (1066), dies
1536 - Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
1880 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1906 - Paul Cezanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67
1944 - Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), forced suicide at 52
1959 - Errol Flynn, US actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1977 - Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1997 - Harold Robbins, novelist, dies at 81
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