12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for October 14, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1066 – Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy, defeats King Harold II of England.
- 1322 – Battle of Old Byland: Scots under Robert the Bruce rout English forces.
- 1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, future 34th U.S. president and WWII general, is born in Texas.
- 1908 – Chicago Cubs win the World Series over the Detroit Tigers, their last title until 2016.
- 1912 – Theodore Roosevelt is shot during a campaign stop in Milwaukee; he delivers his speech before seeking treatment.
- 1926 – A. A. Milne’s book “Winnie-the-Pooh” is published in London.
- 1933 – Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations.
- 1947 – Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 over the Mojave Desert.
- 1962 – U-2 photos taken over Cuba reveal Soviet missile sites, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. is announced as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
- 1981 – Hosni Mubarak is sworn in as president of Egypt following Anwar Sadat’s assassination.
- 2012 – Felix Baumgartner completes the Red Bull Stratos jump, breaking the sound barrier in freefall.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1939 – Ralph Lauren, fashion designer and business leader (86)
- 1940 – Cliff Richard, pop singer (“We Don’t Talk Anymore”) (85)
- 1965 – Steve Coogan, actor/comedian (“Alan Partridge,” “Philomena”) (60)
- 1967 – Stephen A. Smith, sports commentator and TV host (58)
- 1974 – Natalie Maines, singer, founding member of The Chicks (51)
- 1978 – Usher, R&B singer-songwriter and performer (47)
- 1989 – Mia Wasikowska, actor (“Alice in Wonderland,” “Jane Eyre”) (36)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1066 – Harold II, last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England (44)
- 1944 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal of WWII (52)
- 1959 – Errol Flynn, film actor (“Captain Blood,” “The Adventures of Robin Hood”) (50)
- 1977 – Bing Crosby, singer and Academy Award-winning actor (74)
- 1990 – Leonard Bernstein, composer and conductor (“West Side Story”) (72)
- 1999 – Julius Nyerere, founding president of Tanzania (77)
- 2012 – Arlen Specter, longtime U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (82)
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