Today In History - October 14

1066 The Battle of Hastings: William the Conqueror wins England
1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1774 The first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights
1806 Battle of Auerstadt: the French beat the Prussians
1834 The first black to obtain a US patent: Henry Blair
1843 The British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
1867 The 15th (and last) Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
1884 George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt is shot in the chest while campaigning in Milwaukee
1922 The first automated telephones are engaged using the "Pennsylvania" exchange located in New York City
1933 Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations
1934 The "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1944 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face trial for his part in an attempt to overthrow Adolf Hitler
1947 Chuck Yeager, in the Bell XS-1, makes the first supersonic flight
1949 14 US Communist Party leaders are convicted of sedition
1950 The reverend Sun Young Moon is liberated from Hung Nam prison
1960 The Peace Corps is first suggested by JFK
1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1968 The first live telecast from a manned US spacecraft: Apollo 7
1968 Divers Gruener and Watson set a scuba depth record of 133 meters
1969 Race riots in Springfield, Massachusetts
1971 Two people are killed in Memphis racial disturbances
1975 President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1977 Linda Ronstadt sings the national anthem at the 74th World Series
1977 Bing Crosby dies of a heart attack at the age of 74
1978 The first TV movie from a TV series is released "Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
1979 NHL's greatest scorer (Wayne Gretsky) scores his first NHL goal
1980 Bob Marley's last concert
1980 Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to the Supreme Court
1982 6,000 Unification church couples are married in Korea
1983 US Marine peacekeeper Sgt. Allen Soifert is killed by a sniper in Beirut, Lebanon
1986 Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1986 Keenan Wynn dies at age 70
1987 In Midland, Jessica McClure falls down a well and a media circus begins
1988 Boxer Mike Tyson counter-sues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment
1990 Jeff Goldblum and his wife Geena Davis file for divorce

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