ON THIS DAY
What happened on October 14?
October 14 joins a decisive medieval battle with one of the earliest surviving films, supersonic flight and recognition for a leader of nonviolent change.
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The Battle of Hastings was fought
William, Duke of Normandy, defeated the English army of King Harold II near Hastings.
Roundhay Garden Scene was filmed
French inventor Louis Le Prince recorded a brief sequence of people walking in a garden in Leeds.
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in level flight
Captain Charles Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 beyond the speed of sound over California’s Mojave Desert.
Martin Luther King Jr. was named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. would receive the Peace Prize.
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