October 14 in History
What happened on October 14 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on october 14 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on october 14 in history.
?>2012
Felix Baumgartner breaks the world record for highest manned balloon flight, highest parachute jump, and greatest free-fall velocity, parachuting from an altitude of approximately 24 miles (39km).
1998
Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with the 1996 bombing during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia; It was one of several bombing incidents Rudolph carried out to protest legalized abortion in the US.
1994
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for establishing the Oslo Accords and preparing for Palestinian Self Government.
1983
Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop is overthrown and later executed by a military coup.
1969
The British 50-pence coin enters the UK’s currency, the first step toward covering to a decimal system, which was planned for 1971.
1968
US Defense Department announces 24,000 soldiers and Marines will be sent back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty.
1968
Jim Hines, USA, breaks the “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint at the Olympics in Mexico City; his time was 9.95.
1966
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, opens its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.
1964
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of non-violence.
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis begins; USAF U-2 reconnaissance pilot photographs Cubans installing Soviet-made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
1950
Chinese Communist Forces begin to infiltrate the North Korean Army.
1947
Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier aboard a Bell X-1 rocket plane.
1944
German Field Marshal Rommel, suspected of complicity in the July 20th plot against Adolf Hitler, is visited at home by two of Hitler’s staff and given the choice of public trial or suicide by poison. He chooses suicide and it is announced that he died of wounds.
1933
The Geneva disarmament conference breaks up as Germany proclaims withdrawal from the disarmament initiative, as well as from the League of Nations, effective October 23. This begins German policy of independent action in foreign affairs.
1930
Singer Ethel Merman stuns the audience when she holds a high C for sixteen bars while singing “I Got Rhythm” during her Broadway debut in Gershwin’s Girl Crazy.
1912
Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is shot and wounded in assassination attempt in Milwaukee. He is saved by the papers in his breast pocket and, though wounded, insists on finishing his speech.
1884
Transparent paper-strip photographic film is patented by George Eastman.
1832
Blackfeet Indians attack American Fur Company trappers near Montana’s Jefferson River, killing one.
1806
Napoleon Bonaparte crushes the Prussian army at Jena, Germany.
1773
Britain’s East India Company tea ships’ cargo is burned at Annapolis, Md.
1705
The English Navy captures Barcelona in Spain.
1651
Laws are passed in Massachusetts forbidding the poor to adopt excessive styles of dress.
1066
William of Normandy defeats King Harold in the Battle of Hastings.