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On October 14 in history ..

0530 - [Discorus] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1066 - Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England
1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1468 - Treaty of Péronne: Duke Charles the Stoute & French king Louis XI
1492 - Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa María of Concepción
1529 - Sultan Suleiman II ceases Vienna
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth
1700 - Rabbi Judah Hasid & Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem
1745 - French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
1758 - Battle at Hochkirk, Saksen: Austrian army beats Prussia
1774 - 1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart
1774 - 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)
1806 - Battle of Auerstadt-French beat Prussians
1834 - 1st black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter
1834 - George Eastman patented paper-strip photographic film
1843 - British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy
1862 - Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
1862 - Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9
1863 - Battle at Bristoe Station Virginia (about 2000 casualties)
1863 - Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Virginia (Bristoe Campaign)
1865 - Cheyennes & Arapaho's sign "peaces treaty" then chased out Colorado
1867 - 15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
1884 - George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1893 - George Edwardes "Gaiety Girl" premieres in London
1893 - Harry Wright suggests umps keep ball-strike count a secret
1899 - Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill departs to South Africa
1901 - Justin Huntly McCarthy's "If I were King," premieres in NYC
1905 - Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout
1905 - NY Giants beats Phila A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series
1906 - All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series
1908 - Baseball Writers Association of America, forms
1908 - Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch
1908 - Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers
1909 - Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series
1911 - Largest baseball crowd ever 38,281 (Polo Grounds) see Giants beat A's, 2-1 (gate is record $77,379)
1912 - Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
1913 - Explosion in coal mine at Cardiff kills 439
1914 - German troops occupy Brug
1920 - Part of Petsamo province ceded by Soviet Union to Finland
1922 - 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC
1922 - 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue NYC
1924 - Arnold Schönbergs opera "Die Glückliche Hand," premieres in Vienna
1925 - Anti-French uprising in Damascus (French inhabitants flee)
1926 - Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released
1926 - Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark
1929 - Phila A's beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1 in 26th World Series
1929 - Philadelphia A's set World Series record of 10 runs in an inning
1930 - Ethel Mermans debuts on Broadway in "Girl Crazy"
1930 - George Gershwin/Walter Donaldsons musical premieres in NYC
1931 - 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University
1931 - Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church & State
1933 - Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations
1934 - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
1938 - Nazis plan Jewish ghettos for all major cities
1939 - BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1939 - German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed
1939 - Sugar rationed in Netherlands
1941 - 1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk & Riga
1942 - Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
1942 - German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
1942 - Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1943 - 400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
1943 - Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/pres José Laurel)
1943 - Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp
1943 - US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
1944 - Allied troops land in Corfu
1944 - British troops march into Athens
1945 - Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
1946 - Netherland & Indonesia sign cease fire
1947 - Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
1947 - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
1948 - Batavia lt-governor-general Of Mook dismissed
1948 - Large scale fighting between Israel & Egypt
1949 - 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
1949 - Chinese Red army occupies Canton
1949 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
1951 - Det Lion Jack Christiansen returns 2 punts for touchdowns vs LA Rams
1951 - Organization of Central American States forms
1952 - "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 7 performances
1953 - 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
1953 - Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
1953 - Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
1953 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia
1953 - Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
1953 - WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 - Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
1956 - Charles Ives' overture "Robert Browning," premieres in NYC
1956 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Arkansas Golf Open
1957 - Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" reaches #1
1958 - Brendan Behan's "Hostage," premieres in London
1958 - Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1958 - Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong," premieres in NYC
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1959 - WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
1960 - Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1961 - "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St NYC for 1415 perfs
1961 - 14th Ryder Cup: US, 14½-9½ at Royal Lytham & St Annes, England
1962 - Houston Oiler George Blanda throws for 6 TD passes vs NY Titans 56-17
1962 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament
1962 - US U-2 espionage planes locate missile launchers in Cuba
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - Algeria & Morocco border conflict
1963 - WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (ABC) begins
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize
1964 - Martin Walser's "Der Schwarze Schwan," premieres in Stuttgart
1964 - Philips begins experimenting with color TV
1964 - Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit HRs runs on back-to-back pitches
1964 - Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts weds Shirley Shepherd
1965 - Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
1965 - Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0
1966 - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966 - Dutch govt of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer
1968 - 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1968 - Beatles "White Album" completed
1968 - Gruener & Watson (US) set scuba depth record (133 m) in Bahamas
1968 - In NL expansion draft, Expos & Padres choose 30 players each
1968 - J R Hines of US runs 100m in world record 9.95 sec
1969 - Palme govt forms in Sweden
1969 - Race riots in Springfield Mass
1969 - T Agee & Ed Kranepool HR, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0
1969 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1970 - 4th Country Music Assn Award: Merle Haggard wins
1970 - Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1971 - 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
1971 - John & Yoko appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
1972 - Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
1973 - Egyptian tanks move further into Israel
1973 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA GNA Golf Classic
1973 - Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
1974 - 8th Country Music Assn Award: Charlie Rich
1975 - Pres Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1976 - Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives NY Yanks pennant #30
1976 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Milton Friedman
1976 - Soyuz 23 carries 2 to Salyut 6, but returns without docking
1977 - Linda Ronstadt sings national anthem at World Series
1977 - Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro
1978 - 1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"
1978 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978 - Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
1978 - NY Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in the way of a throw to 1st & deflects the ball away
1979 - 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy
1979 - Amy Alcott wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1979 - Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3
1979 - NHL's greatest scorer Wayne Gretzky scores his 1st NHL goal
1980 - Bob Marley's last concert
1980 - Phils rally from 4-0 deficit to beat the Royals, 7-6 to take WS opener
1980 - Pres nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1981 - Yank Graig Nettles is 1st to get 2 hits in same inning of an ALSC game
1982 - 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1982 - Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total)
1982 - NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
1982 - Pres Reagan proclaims war against drugs
1983 - Grenada leftist coup under vice-premier Coard
1983 - US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut
1984 - "Quilters" closes at Jack Lawrence Theater NYC after 24 performances
1984 - Browns' Ozzie Newsome sets club records with 14 receptions for 191 yds
1984 - Detroit Tigers beat SD Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series
1984 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Smirnoff Ladies Irish Golf Open
1985 - 19th Country Music Assn Award: Ricky Skaggs wins
1985 - On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7
1986 - Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
1986 - IOC decides to stagger Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
1986 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Elie Wiesel (against violence/racism)
1986 - Tim Kides of West NY, NJ performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
1987 - In Midland, Tx 1½-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well
1987 - St Louis Cards beat SF Giants, 4 games to 3 in NLCS
1988 - Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce & annulment
1988 - Naguib Mahfouz is 1st Arabic writer to win Nobel literature prize
1988 - NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant (Patrick Div Playoff Champs)
1989 - Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consec World Series openers
1989 - Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards
1990 - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Trophee Urban World Golf Championship
1990 - Jeff Goldblum & wife Geena Davis file for divorce
1990 - SF 49er Joe Montana passes for 6 touchdowns vs Atlanta (45-35)
1991 - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
1991 - NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner scores his 500th NHL goal
1992 - Atlanta Braves beat Pitts Pirates in 7 games for NL pennant
1992 - Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant
1994 - Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres
1994 - Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
1995 - Atlanta Braves become 1st team to sweep in NL playoff (beat Reds)
1996 - Braves blow out St Louis, 14-0 in an NLCS game
1996 - Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)
1996 - Packer Chris Jacke kicks longest field goal to end overtime (53 yds)
1997 - Florida Marlins beat Atlanta Braves 4 games to 1 in NLCS
1998 - NY Islanders beat Tampa Bay, 7-1, to end 11 game winless streak

Famous birthdays on October 14 ..

1542 - Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605)
1585 - Heinrich Schütz, German royal chaplain master/composer (Daphne)
1606 - Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch governor-general of Ceylon (1653-78)
1633 - James II Stuart, king of England/Scotland (James VII) (1685-88)
1639 - Simon van der Stel, Dutch governor of Cape colony (1679-99)
1644 - William Penn, English Quaker & founder of PA
1687 - Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician
1712 - George Grenville, British PM (1763-65)
1730 - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer
1734 - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
1738 - Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer
1740 - Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)
1753 - Franz Anton Dimmler, composer
1764 - Charles-Henri Plantade, composer
1774 - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
1784 - Ferdinand VII MF, king of Spain
1789 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
1796 - Adolf Ganz, composer
1801 - Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium, physicist (blinded-stared at Sun 25 secs)
1827 - James Sidney Robinson, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1827 - William GGVV Harcourt, English lawyer/Min of Finance
1837 - Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908
1846 - Kasimir F Badeni, Polish/Austrian premier of Cisleithanië
1853 - Ciprian Porumbescu, composer
1855 - George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)
1857 - Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st US autos
1859 - Camille Chevillard, composer
1861 - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer
1864 - Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental)
1867 - Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads)
1869 - Joseph Duveen, England, art connoisseur (Elgin marbles)
1871 - Alexander von Zemlinsky, Vienna Austria, composer (Schneeman)
1873 - Jose Serrano Simeon, composer
1873 - Ray Ewry, Lafayette Ind, jumper (Olympics-10 gold-1900, 04, 06, 08)
1874 - Margarete Susman, writer
1880 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Sak och sken)
1882 - Charlie Parker, cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test)
1882 - Eamon DeValera, NY, Pres of Ireland (1937-48, 51-54, 57-59)
1883 - Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor)
1884 - Jimmy Conlin, Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)
1888 - Ernest Pingoud, composer
1888 - Kathrin Mansfield, NZ writer (Aloe, Garden Party)
1889 - Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor
1890 - Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison Tx, (R) 34th Pres (1953-1961)/Gen (WW 2)
1890 - Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor (Call of the Wild)
1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist
1892 - Sumner Welles, US undersecretary/diplomat (Good neighbor policy)
1894 - Heinrich Lübke, West German president (1959-69)
1894 - Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, founder (Indonesian Communist)
1894 - e. e. cummings, Cambridge Mass, poet (Tulips & Chimneys)
1896 - Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)
1898 - Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor/director (Flying Dutchman)
1899 - Alan Washbond, US, 2-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1932)
1900 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930)
1901 - Willem A Wagenaar, journalist/writer (Shanghai)
1902 - Stanley Coen, cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28)
1904 - Karel Srom, composer
1905 - Pentti Haanpää, Finnish author (Yhdeksän Miehen Saappaat)
1906 - Benita Hume, London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy)
1906 - Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism)
1907 - "Red" McKenzie, jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper) [or 1899]
1907 - Allan Jones, Scranton PA, actor/singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat)
1907 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter
1907 - Pert Kelton, Great Falls Mont, actress (Cavalcade of Stars)
1909 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer (Indy 500)
1909 - Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer
1910 - Jef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader
1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships)
1911 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
1912 - Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex)
1912 - Jack Crapp, cricketer (England batsman 1948-49)
1912 - Jack Young, cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2)
1913 - Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust)
1913 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (son of Mr & Mrs Trumper NSW 1940-41)
1914 - Brendan Gill, critic
1916 - C Everett Koop, surgeon general (1981-89)
1918 - Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)
1919 - Edward L Feightner, US rear-admiral (WW II-Santa Cruz Islands)
1924 - Robert Webber, Santa Ana Calif, actor (79 Park Avenue)
1925 - Louis Cohen, physicist
1926 - Bill Justis, rocker
1926 - Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer/actor (Riffin in Amsterdam)
1927 - Roger Moore, London England, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint)
1928 - Gary Graffman, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award)
1929 - Alfredo Santos Buenaventura, composer
1930 - Joseph-Desiré Kuku NWZA Mobutu Sese Seko, president Zaïre (1965- )
1930 - Robert Parker, US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin')
1931 - Rafael Puyana, Bogotá Colombia, baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957)
1935 - La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer (Composition in 1990)
1938 - John Dean III, former White House counsel (Watergate figure)
1939 - Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
1939 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer (Chaps)
1940 - Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
1940 - Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
1940 - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
1940 - Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
1941 - Jim Courter, (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
1942 - Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
1943 - Anthony Iannaccone, composer
1943 - Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
1943 - Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
1944 - Udo Kier, Germany, actress (Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein)
1946 - Justin Hayward, England, vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1947 - Charlie Joiner, Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego)
1950 - Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham Mich, speed skater (Oly-gold/sil-76)
1951 - Marcia Barrett, St Catherine's Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
1952 - Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer (Eye to Eye)
1952 - Harry Anderson, Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry Stone-Night Court)
1952 - Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist
1952 - Nikolai Adrianov, USSR, gymnast (Olympic-4 gold/2 silver/bronze-1976)
1953 - Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear, Melrose Place)
1953 - Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname lt-colonel (coup 1982)
1953 - Olga Nikolayevna Klyushnikova, Russia, cosmonaut
1953 - Roland Butcher, cricketer (1st black to play for England 1981)
1956 - Beth Daniel, Charleston SC, LPGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
1957 - Gregory T Linteris, Demarest NJ, PhD/astronaut (STS 83, 94)
1957 - Karen Permezel, LPGA golfer
1958 - Thomas Dolby, Cairo Egypt, rock vocalist (She Blinded Me With Science)
1959 - A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It)
1960 - John Aalberg, Orland Norway, US cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1960 - Steve Cram, English runner (world record mile/2 km)
1961 - Melanie Wilson, actress (Jennifer-Perfect Strangers)
1961 - Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker (White Lion-Mane Attraction)
1962 - Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star
1963 - Keith Byars, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots)
1964 - Joe Girardi, Peoria IL, catcher (NY Yankees)
1964 - Pieter Axe, soccer player (FC Utrecht/SC Heerenveen)
1965 - Doris Piché, La Sarre Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1965 - Karyn White, singer
1967 - Arleen Sorkin, actress (Days of Our Lives, America's Funniest Videos)
1967 - Dave Hajek, Roseville CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
1967 - Sylvain Lefebvre, Richmond, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1968 - Dwayne Schintzius, NBA center (Indiana Pacers)
1968 - Gene Williams, NFL guard/tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1968 - Rashid Latif, cricketer (Pakistani wicket-keeper)
1968 - Wanda Guyton, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1969 - Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (MVV/NEC)
1969 - P J Brown, NBA center/forward (NJ Nets, Miami Heat)
1970 - Daniela Pestova, [Chameleon], Prague Czech, model (1995 SI/L'Oreal)
1970 - Jim Jackson, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phila 76ers)
1970 - Nina Kemppel, Anchorage Alaska, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1971 - Derrick Rodgers, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Frank Wycheck, NFL tight end (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1971 - Heath Sims, Orange Ca, 149½ lbs/68 kg greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1972 - Erika de Lone, Boston Mass, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE)
1972 - J J Smith, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
1972 - Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
1972 - Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Shawn Banks, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1973 - DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1974 - Kim Williams, WNBA guard (Utah Starzz)
1979 - Coty Strickler, Miss Montana Teen USA (1997)
1996 - Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna

Famous deaths on October 14 ..

0530 - Dioscurus, anti-Pope (530), dies
1066 - Harold II, King of England (1066), dies
1092 - Aboe Ali Hasan ibn Nizam al-Moelk, writer (Sijasetname), assassinated
1536 - Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet/diplomat, dies in battle
1570 - Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny, dies at 43
1660 - Francesco Albana, Italian painter (Hemelopneming of Maria), dies at 72
1669 - Antonio Cesti, composer, dies at 46
1719 - Arnold Houbraken, painter/writer), dies at 59
1746 - François Fagel, lawyer/statesman, dies at 86
1771 - Franz Xaver Brixi, composer, dies at 39
1775 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer, dies at 57
1790 - William Hooper, US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 48
1847 - William Michael Rooke, composer, dies at 53
1857 - Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer, dies at 33
1872 - Albrecht FH, prince of Prussia, dies at 63
1877 - Antoine-Amable-Elie Elwart, composer, dies at 68
1879 - F Kürnberger, writer, dies at 58
1880 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1893 - Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84
1900 - Albert de Vriendt, Flemish historical painter/etcher, dies
1900 - Sandor Erkel, composer, dies at 54
1906 - Paul Cézanne, French painter/water colors painter, dies at 67
1909 - Johann Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, composer, dies at 76
1919 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
1923 - George Elbridge Whiting, composer, dies at 83
1923 - Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
1930 - Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
1943 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
1944 - Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
1957 - Carl Natanael Berg, composer, dies at 78
1958 - Jean Poveigh, composer, dies at 82
1959 - Errol Flynn, US actor (Captain Blood), dies of heart attack at 50
1960 - Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal), dies
1966 - Arcady Dubensky, composer, dies at 75
1967 - Marcel Aymé, French writer (Lesson contes du chat perché), dies at 65
1972 - Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
1976 - Edith Evans, actress (Tom Jones, Scrooge, Chalk Garden), dies at 88
1977 - Bing Crosby, singer/actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
1981 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer, dies at 74
1983 - Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure
1986 - [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, US actor (Dr Strangelove), dies at 70
1987 - Rodolfo Halffter, composer, dies at 86
1988 - Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
1989 - Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer, dies of heart attack at 72
1992 - John Hancock, actor (LA Law, Love & War), dies of heart attack at 51
1993 - Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
1993 - Guy Malary, Haitian lawyer/minister of Justice, murdered at 50
1993 - Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
1993 - Walter Brown Newman, US screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
1994 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist, dies at 87
1995 - Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
1995 - Helen Vlachos, journalist, dies at 83
1996 - Laura La Plante, screen actress (Show Boat, Scandal), dies at 91
1996 - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist, dies at 80
1997 - Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81