Section B · Page B2
Today in History
What happened on this date, here at home and in the wider world.
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October 14
The Nation & World
- 1066 — The Battle of Hastings is fought in England. (Encyclopædia Britannica)
- 1912 — Theodore Roosevelt is shot in Milwaukee while campaigning and delivers his speech anyway. (Encyclopædia Britannica)
- 1947 — Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. (Encyclopædia Britannica)
- 1964 — Martin Luther King Jr. is named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. (Encyclopædia Britannica)