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Historical Events
on October 14th
- Lead Story
- Yeager breaks sound barrier,1947
- American Revolution
- Patriots sting Loyalists at Shallow Ford, North Carolina,1780
- Automotive
- Elwood Haynes, "Grandsire of Gasoline Cars," is born,1857
- Civil War
- Battle of Bristoe Station,1863
- Cold War
- The Cuban Missile Crisis begins,1962
- Crime
- Trial begins in Amityville murders,1975
- Disaster
- Coal miners die in Wales,1913
- General Interest
- The Battle of Hastings,1066
- Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee,1912
- King wins Nobel Peace Prize,1964
- Hollywood
- Pulp Fiction debuts,1994
- Literary
- Victor Hugo marries Adele Foucher,1822
- Music
- "Wake Up Little Susie" becomes the Everly Brothers' first #1 hit,1957
- Old West
- Ralph Lauren, designer of popular western-style clothing, is born in New York,1939
- Presidential
- Dwight D. Eisenhower is born,1890
- Sports
- Steve Bartman catches ball,2003
- Vietnam War
- Khrushchev ousted as premier of Soviet Union,1964
- U.S. servicemen sent to Vietnam for second tours,1968
- World War I
- Adolf Hitler wounded in British gas attack,1918
- World War II
- "The Desert Fox" commits suicide,1944
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