October 14
1066 - The Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
1586 - Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial in England, accused of committing treason against Queen Elizabeth I. (Mary was beheaded in February 1587.)
1933 - Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.
1939 - A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands; 833 of the more than 1,200 men aboard were killed.
1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life rather than face trial and certain execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler.
1947 - U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier as he flew the experimental Bell XS-1 rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California.
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.
1964 - Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev was toppled from power; he was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and by Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
1968 - The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.
1990 - Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York City at age 72.
2008 - A grand jury in Orlando, Fla. returned charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter against Casey Anthony in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. (She was acquitted in July 2011.)
2012 - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, at the age of 89, marked the 65th anniversary of his supersonic flight by smashing through the sound barrier again, this time in the backseat of an F-15 which took off from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
2016 - A judge in Connecticut dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit by Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre, citing a federal law that shielded gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products.
2017 - A truck bombing in Somalia's capital killed more than 500 people in one of the world's deadliest attacks in years.
2018 - Saudi Arabia threatened to retaliate for any sanctions imposed on it over the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2021 - 78-year-old New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced in Los Angeles to life in prison without a chance of parole for the murder of a friend, Susan Berman, more than two decades earlier. (Durst died in prison two months later.)
Birthdays
22 - Rowan Blanchard (actress)
29 - Jared Goff (football player)
35 - Max Thieriot (actor)
36 - Jay Pharoah (actor/comedian)
37 - Skyler Shaye (actress)
42 - Jordan Brower (actor)
43 - Ben Whishaw (actor)
44 - Stacy Keibler (model/professional wrestler)
45 - Usher (singer)
47 - Stephen Hill (actor)
49 - Natalie Maines (singer)
53 - Jon Seda (actor)
56 - Stephen A. Smith (TV/radio host)
57 - Edward Kerr (actor)
58 - Karyn White (singer)
58 - Steve Coogan (actor)
59 - Joe Girardi (baseball player)
60 - Lori Petty (actress)
83 - Cliff Richard (singer)
84 - Ralph Lauren (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - October 14
1905 - The New York Giants defeat the Philadelphia Athletics in five games to win the World Series.
1906 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1908 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1908 - Upset over seating arrangements at the World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that would become the Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA).
1926 - Legendary pitcher Walter Johnson announces his retirement.
1929 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games to win the World Series.
1962 - George Blanda of the Houston Oilers throws six touchdown passes in a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1965 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins in seven games to win the World Series.
1979 - Wayne Gretzky scores his first career NHL goal.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the San Diego Padres in five games to win the World Series.
1985 - The New York Jets retire Joe Namath's #12.
2003 - Fan Steve Bartman deflects ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou; Cubs would give up eight runs in the inning and lose to the Florida Marlins, 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as a turning point in the series.
2020 - The NFL cancels the Pro Bowl due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1066 - The Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings.
1586 - Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial in England, accused of committing treason against Queen Elizabeth I. (Mary was beheaded in February 1587.)
1933 - Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament conference and the League of Nations.
1939 - A German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands; 833 of the more than 1,200 men aboard were killed.
1944 - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life rather than face trial and certain execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler.
1947 - U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier as he flew the experimental Bell XS-1 rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California.
1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in civil rights.
1964 - Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev was toppled from power; he was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and by Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
1968 - The first live telecast from a staffed U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.
1990 - Composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein died in New York City at age 72.
2008 - A grand jury in Orlando, Fla. returned charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter against Casey Anthony in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. (She was acquitted in July 2011.)
2012 - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, at the age of 89, marked the 65th anniversary of his supersonic flight by smashing through the sound barrier again, this time in the backseat of an F-15 which took off from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
2016 - A judge in Connecticut dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit by Newtown families against the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre, citing a federal law that shielded gun manufacturers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products.
2017 - A truck bombing in Somalia's capital killed more than 500 people in one of the world's deadliest attacks in years.
2018 - Saudi Arabia threatened to retaliate for any sanctions imposed on it over the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2021 - 78-year-old New York real estate heir Robert Durst was sentenced in Los Angeles to life in prison without a chance of parole for the murder of a friend, Susan Berman, more than two decades earlier. (Durst died in prison two months later.)
Birthdays
22 - Rowan Blanchard (actress)
29 - Jared Goff (football player)
35 - Max Thieriot (actor)
36 - Jay Pharoah (actor/comedian)
37 - Skyler Shaye (actress)
42 - Jordan Brower (actor)
43 - Ben Whishaw (actor)
44 - Stacy Keibler (model/professional wrestler)
45 - Usher (singer)
47 - Stephen Hill (actor)
49 - Natalie Maines (singer)
53 - Jon Seda (actor)
56 - Stephen A. Smith (TV/radio host)
57 - Edward Kerr (actor)
58 - Karyn White (singer)
58 - Steve Coogan (actor)
59 - Joe Girardi (baseball player)
60 - Lori Petty (actress)
83 - Cliff Richard (singer)
84 - Ralph Lauren (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - October 14
1905 - The New York Giants defeat the Philadelphia Athletics in five games to win the World Series.
1906 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs in six games to win the World Series.
1908 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1908 - Upset over seating arrangements at the World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that would become the Baseball Writers Association of America (BWAA).
1926 - Legendary pitcher Walter Johnson announces his retirement.
1929 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs in five games to win the World Series.
1962 - George Blanda of the Houston Oilers throws six touchdown passes in a 56-17 rout of the New York Titans.
1965 - The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins in seven games to win the World Series.
1979 - Wayne Gretzky scores his first career NHL goal.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers defeat the San Diego Padres in five games to win the World Series.
1985 - The New York Jets retire Joe Namath's #12.
2003 - Fan Steve Bartman deflects ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou; Cubs would give up eight runs in the inning and lose to the Florida Marlins, 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as a turning point in the series.
2020 - The NFL cancels the Pro Bowl due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
