What Happened on Oct 14

Oct 14 1066

The Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066) was the decisive Norman victory in the Norman Conquest of England. It was fought between the Norman army... Read more

Oct 14 1644

William Penn Is Born

William Penn, English reformer and founder of Pennsylvania, was born on October 14, 1644, in London, England. Persecuted in England for his Quaker... Read more

Oct 14 1863

Battle of Bristoe Station - Confederates Destroy Railroad

Description: On October 14, 1863, A.P. Hill’s corps stumbled upon two corps of the retreating Union army at Bristoe Station and attacked without... Read more

Oct 14 1863

Second Battle of Auburn

Description: As the Federal army withdrew towards Manassas Junction, Owens and Smyth’s Union brigades (Warren’s II Corps) fought a rearguard action... Read more

Oct 14 1888

Roundhay Garden Scene, the Earliest Surviving Motion Picture, Filmed

Roundhay Garden Scene is an 1888 British short film directed by inventor Louis Le Prince. It was recorded at 12 frames per second and is the... Read more

Oct 14 1891

Sarah Winnemucca, Whose Paiute Indian Name Is Thocmetony Or Shell Flower, Dies

Sarah Winnemucca, whose Paiute* Indian name was Thocmetony or Shell Flower, died at her sister's home in Henry's Lake, Nevada on October 14, 1891.... Read more

Oct 14 1892

'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' is Published

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney... Read more

Oct 14 1898

Wreck of the SS Mohegan

The Atlantic Transport Company's steamer Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra of the Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line, which left London for New York... Read more

Oct 14 1911 to Oct 26 1911

1911 World Series

In the 1911 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics beat the New York Giants four games to two. Philadelphia third baseman Frank "Home Run" Baker... Read more

Oct 14 1913

Senghenydd Explosion

The worst pit-disaster of the 20th century occurred at the Universal, Senghennydd on 14 October 1913. More than 400 men were trapped underground by... Read more

Oct 14 1927

'Men Without Women' Is Published

Hills Like White Elephants" is a short story by Ernest Hemingway. It was first published in the 1927 collection Men Without Women. The story... Read more

Oct 14 1938

'The Fifth Column and the First 49 Stories' is Published

And so "The Fifth Column" is autobiographical drama. Philip Rawlings, its leading man and a Loyalist agent, justified his apparently dissolute... Read more

Oct 14 1939

German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak

HMS Royal Oak (pennant number 08) was a Revenge-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, torpedoed at anchor by the German submarine U-47 on 14... Read more

Oct 14 1943

Jewish Prisoners Stage Successful Uprising at Sobibor Extermination Camp

Sobibor was the site of one of two successful uprisings by Jewish prisoners in a Nazi extermination camp — there was a similar revolt at Treblinka... Read more

Oct 14 1947

Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier

Chuck Yeager's two cracked ribs hurt like hell, but he was darned if a little tumble from a horse in the Mojave Desert was going to stop him from... Read more

Oct 14 1952 to Nov 25 1952

Battle of Triangle Hill

The Battle of Triangle Hill, also known as Operation Showdown or the Shangganling Campaign (simplified Chinese: 上甘岭战役; pinyin: Shànggānlǐng... Read more

Oct 14 1953

"The Big Heat" Is Released

The Big Heat is a 1953 film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin. It is about a cop who takes on the... Read more

Oct 14 1962

United States U-2 Reconnaissance Mission Discovers SS-4 Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) Sites in Varying Stages of Readiness

The first consignment of SS-3 MRBMs (medium range ballistic missiles) arrived on the night of September 8, followed by a second on September 16.... Read more

Oct 14 1964