October 14

October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). There are 78 days remaining.

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Events

• 1947 - American test pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.

Births

• 1890 - Dwight Eisenhower, president of the United States (1953-1961)
• 1894 - e. e. cummings, American poet
• 1906 - Hannah Arendt, German/American intellectual
• 1939 - Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
• 1940 - Cliff Richards, English rock singer
• 1958 - Thomas Dolby, English rock musician

Deaths

• 1959 - Errol Flynn, American actor
• 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor
• 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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