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« on: October 14, 2009, 07:11:02 am »

Wednesday, October 14th
The 287th day of 2009.
There are 78 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History


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

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. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On October 14, 1905, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the New York City mayoral election of 1905. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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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.

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.

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.

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.

2003    John Allen Muhammad pleaded innocent to murder in the Washington-area sniper case. (He was later convicted and sentenced to death.)

2004    A suicide bomber killed four Americans in the U.S.-guarded "Green Zone" in Baghdad.

2006    The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test.

Current Birthdays


Ralph Lauren turns 70 years old today.

AP Photo/Richard Drew Fashion designer Ralph Lauren turns 70 years old today.


99    John Wooden
Hall of Fame basketball coach

93    C. Everett Koop
Former surgeon general

82    Roger Moore
Actor

72    Carroll Ballard
Director

71    John Dean
Former White House counsel

71    Melba Montgomery
Country singer

69    Cliff Richard
Singer

65    Udo Kier
Actor

57    Harry Anderson
Actor ("Night Court")

56    Greg Evigan
Actor ("My Two Dads")

54    Arleen Sorkin
TV personality ("America's Funniest People")

53    Beth Daniel
Golf Hall of Famer

51    Thomas Dolby
Rock singer, musician

48    Joe Girardi
Baseball manager

46    Lori Petty
Actress

44    Steve Coogan
Actor

44    Karyn White
R&B singer

39    Jon Seda
Actor

39    Doug Virden
Country musician

35    Natalie Maines
Country singer (Dixie Chicks)

34    Shaznay Lewis
Actress, singer

31    Usher
R&B singer, actor

30    Stacy Keibler
TV personality ("Dancing with the Stars")

29    Ben Whishaw
Actor

28    Jordan Brower
Actor

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 obit.)

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


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