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On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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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.
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

62	Sir Peter Lely 10/14/1618 - 12/7/1680 English painter
67	James II 10/14/1633 - 9/16/1701 English king (1685-8)
73	William Penn 10/14/1644 - 7/30/1718 English Quaker and advocate for religious liberty; founded American colony of Pennsylvania
58	George Grenville 10/14/1712 - 11/13/1770 English first lord of the Treasury (1763-5)
62	Francis Lightfoot Lee 10/14/1734 - 1/11/1797 American revolutionary leader; signed Declaration of Independence
48	Ferdinand VII 10/14/1784 - 9/29/1833 Spanish king (1808, 1813-33)
67	Elwood Haynes 10/14/1857 - 4/13/1925 American industrialist
92	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)
99	Lillian Gish 10/14/1893 - 2/27/1993 American actress
67	e. e. cummings 10/14/1894 - 9/3/1962 American poet