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Tuesday, October 14, 2008This is 288th day of the year and 78 days remain in the year.
October 14 Birthdays
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1890–1969, American general and 34th President of the United States, b. Denison, Texas; his nickname was “Ike.” James II king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633) William Penn founder of Pennsylvania (1644) Elwood Haynes inventor (1857) Lillian Gish actress (1893) e. e. cummings poet (1894) William Edwards Deming management consultant (1900) Hannah Arendt political theorist, (1906) Roger Moore actor (1927) Ralph Lauren fashion designer (1939) Usher singer, actor (1978) October 14 in History1066The Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. 1933Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations. 1947U.S. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound. 1964Martin Luther King, Jr., was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights. 1968The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7. 1990Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York at age 72. Return to perpetual calendar Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date. |
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