Updated October 13, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Oct. 14, 1890, Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th United States president and highly respected American general, was born. Following his death on March 28, 1969, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, was born in Denison, Texas. 1910 Hall of Fame UCLA basketball coach John Wooden was born near Martinsville, Ind. 1933 Nazi Germany announced it was withdrawing from the League of Nations. 1944 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler. 1947 Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 rocket plane over Edwards Air Force Base in California. 1960 Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy suggested formation of a Peace Corps during a talk at the University of Michigan. 1964 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1968 The first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7. 1977 Singer Bing Crosby died at age 73. 1979 Hockey Hall-of-Famer Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scored the first of his record 894 goals in a home game against the Vancouver Cancucks. 1986 Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1987 A 58-hour drama began in Midland, Texas, as 18-month-old Jessica McClure slid 22 feet down an abandoned well at a private day care center. 1990 Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died at age 72. 1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. 2006 The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea for carrying out a nuclear test. Current Birthdays
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New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi turns 51 years old today.
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Actor Steve Coogan turns 47 years old today.
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1916 C. Everett Koop, Former surgeon general, turns 96 1927 Roger Moore, Actor, turns 85 1938 John Dean, Former White House counsel, turns 74 1939 Ralph Lauren, Fashion designer, turns 73 1940 Cliff Richard, Singer, turns 72 1946 Justin Hayward, Rock musician (The Moody Blues), turns 66 1952 Harry Anderson, Actor (“Night Court”), turns 60 1953 Greg Evigan, Actor (“My Two Dads”), turns 59 1956 Beth Daniel, Golf Hall of Famer, turns 56 1958 Thomas Dolby, Rock singer, musician, turns 54 1974 Natalie Maines, Country singer (Dixie Chicks), turns 38 1978 Usher, R&B singer, actor, turns 34 1979 Stacy Keibler, TV personality (“Dancing with the Stars”), turns 33 1987 Jay Pharoah, Actor, comedian (“Saturday Night Live”), turns 25 Historic Birthdays
Dwight David Eisenhower 10/14/1890 – 3/28/1969 34th president of the United States and supreme commander of World War II Allied forces in Europe.Go to obituary »
62 Sir Peter Lely 10/14/1618 – 12/7/1680
English painter67 James II 10/14/1633 – 9/16/1701
English king (1685-8)73 William Penn 10/14/1644 – 7/30/1718
English Quaker and advocate for religious liberty; founded American colony of Pennsylvania58 George Grenville 10/14/1712 – 11/13/1770
English first lord of the Treasury (1763-5)62 Francis Lightfoot Lee 10/14/1734 – 1/11/1797
American revolutionary leader; signed Declaration of Independence48 Ferdinand VII 10/14/1784 – 9/29/1833
Spanish king (1808, 1813-33)67 Elwood Haynes 10/14/1857 – 4/13/1925
American industrialist92 Eamon de Valera 10/14/1882 – 8/29/1975
Irish politician and patriot; prime minister (1932-48; 1951-4; 1957-9) and president (1959-73)99 Lillian Gish 10/14/1893 – 2/27/1993
American actress67 e. e. cummings 10/14/1894 – 9/3/1962
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