Today in History: October 14, Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
In the current era is Tuesday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In the current era in history On Oct U S Air Force Capt Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier as he flew a Bell X- rocket plane over Muroc Dry Lake in California In Yeager at the age of marked the th anniversary of that flight by smashing through the sound barrier again this time in the backseat of an F- Also on this date In Normans under William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings Related Articles SpaceX launches the th test flight of its mega Starship rocket Suicide declares more Gen Z lives than previous generation This shutdown feels different Specific worry states might not get repaid when ruling body reopens In the present day in History October Hedge fund billionaire sentenced in insider-trading episode Feeling hopeless in custody multiple drop states to remain in the US leave voluntarily In Mary Queen of Scots went on trial in England accused of committing treason against Queen Elizabeth I Mary was beheaded in February In aviator Claude Grahame-White flew his biplane over Washington D C and landed it on West Executive Avenue next to the White House In German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life rather than face trial and certain execution for allegedly conspiring against Adolf Hitler In civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize In in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history American Billy Mills an Oglala Lakota won the -meter race at the Tokyo Summer Games setting a new Olympic record In the new president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak HOHS -nee moo-BAH -rahk was sworn in to succeed the assassinated Anwar Sadat In Holocaust survivor and human rights advocate Elie Wiesel EL -ee vee-ZEHL was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize In a grand jury in Orlando Florida returned charges of first-degree murder aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter against Casey Anthony in the death of her -year-old daughter Caylee She was acquitted in July In a Space X rocket launched the NASA spacecraft Europa Clipper on a mission to Jupiter s moon Europa to determine whether conditions there could assistance life the spacecraft will arrive in This day s Birthdays Former White House counsel John W Dean III is Fashion designer Ralph Lauren is Football Hall of Famer Charlie Joiner is Golf Hall of Famer Beth Daniel is Musician Thomas Dolby is Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is Actor Steve Coogan is TV host Stephen A Smith is Country singer Natalie Maines The Chicks is Actor Chang Chen is Singer Usher is Actor-comedian Jay Pharoah is
