400 Historic Events for October 14
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great and Small)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Jim Courter, (Rep-R-NJ, 1979- )
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| 1941 |
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1st mass deportation of Kowno, Lodz, Minsk and Riga
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| 1942 |
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German assault on Tractor factory, 1000s killed
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Billy Harrison, Belfast Ireland, rock guitarist (Them)
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| 1942 |
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Dobbe resistances group overthrows Bonkarten distribution
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| 1942 |
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Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
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| 1943 |
Death |
Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Noreen Corcoran, Quincy Mass, actress (Kelly-Bachelor Father)
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Anthony Iannaccone, composer
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Lance Rentzel, NFL receiver (Minn, LA)/ex-husband of Joey Heatherton
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| 1943 |
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US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17 during assault on Schweinfurt
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| 1943 |
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400 Jews escape in uprising at Sobibor extermination Camp in Poland
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| 1943 |
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Outbreak attempt in Sobibor Concentration Camp
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| 1943 |
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Japan declares Philippine Independence (premier/pres Jos‚ Laurel)
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| 1944 |
Birth |
Udo Kier, Germany, actress (Warhol Dracula, Warhol Frankenstein)
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| 1944 |
Death |
Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52
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| 1944 |
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Allied troops land in Corfu
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| 1944 |
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British troops march into Athens
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| 1945 |
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Chicago Cardinals end a record 29-game losing streak, beat Bears
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| 1946 |
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Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire
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