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October 14

4 sourced moments from October 14 in history: The Battle of Hastings wasn't fought at Hastings (1066); Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier (1947); Martin Luther King Jr. Won the Nobel Peace Prize (1964), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on October 14

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2012 Sports · Extreme Sports

A skydiver once broke the sound barrier with his own body

Jumping from the edge of space in 2012, Felix Baumgartner fell faster than the speed of sound - no aircraft required.

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1964 History · Modern

Martin Luther King Jr. Won the Nobel Peace Prize

At just 35, the civil rights leader became the youngest Nobel Peace laureate, honoured for a struggle waged without violence.

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1947 Technology · Transportation

Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier

Dropped from a bomber's belly over the California desert, a test pilot with cracked ribs nudged a rocket plane past Mach 1.

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1066 History · Medieval

The Battle of Hastings wasn't fought at Hastings

The 1066 battle took place 7–8 miles inland, at a place now called Battle. Here is how historians know where it was.

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