Friday 14th of October 1859

French anarchist Ravachol is born as François Claudius Koënigstein in Saint-Chamond, Loire, France.

Saturday 14th of October 1876

Illegalist Jules Bonnot aka Le Bourgeois known from ‘La Bande à Bonnot’ is born in Pont-de-Roide, Franche-Comté, France.

Tuesday 14th of October 1890

34th President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower aka Ike is born in Denison, Texas, United States.

Monday 14th of October 1912

Victim of John Christie aka The Strangler of 10 Rillington Place Muriel Amelia Eady is born in London, Plaistow, East London, United Kingdom.

Monday 14th of October 1912

54-year-old Theodore Roosevelt aka Teddy is shot by would-be assassin John Schrank in Hotel Gilpatrick, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

The bullet lodged in Roosevelt's chest after penetrating his steel eyeglass case and passing through a 50 pages single-folded copy of the speech titled "Progressive Cause Greater than any Individual" which he was carrying in his jacket.

Tuesday 14th of October 1913

439 die in methane and hydrogen firedamp explosion and fire in Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, Wales, United Kingdom.

Friday 14th of October 1927

Actor Roger George Moore known for his role as British secret agent James Bond is born in London, Stockwell, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Friday 14th of October 1932

Fluxus artist Wolf Vostell is born in Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Monday 14th of October 1935

Minimal composer La Monte Thornton Young is born in Bern, Idaho, United States.

Thursday 14th of October 1943

About 300 of 600 prisoners led by Soviet-Jewish POW Alexander Pechersky attempt to escape in KZ Sobibor, Sobibor, Województwo Lubelskie, Poland.

They killed 11 German SS officers, overpowered the camp guards and seized the armory. 158 escapees we killed by the guards or in the minefield surrounding the camp. A further 107 were killed either by the SS, Wehrmacht, or Orpo police units pursuing the escapees.

Saturday 14th of October 1944

Member of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) Txabi Etxebarrieta aka Xabier Etxebarrieta Ortiz is born in Bilbao, Euskadi, Spain.

Etxebarrieta became the first ETA member to be shot dead by the Guardia Civil.

Saturday 14th of October 1944

Actor Udo Kier is born as Udo Kierspe in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Saturday 14th of October 1944

Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel aka Wüstenfuchs commits suicide by cyanide poisoning at the age of 53 in Herrlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Rommel was forced to commit suicide because he was implicated in the 20 July plot to assassinate the Führer.

Wednesday 14th of October 1953

Valentin Lehmann is poisoned with E 605 by serial poisoner Christa Lehmann aka The Mass Poisoner of Worms in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

Valentin was Lehmann's father in law who saw the reputation of his house in danger with Christa's ever-changing love affairs.

Wednesday 14th of October 1953

Serial killer Bobby Joe Long aka The Adman Rapist is born as Robert Joseph Long in Kenova, West Virginia, United States.

Tuesday 14th of October 1958

Musician Thomas Dolby is born as Thomas Morgan Robertson in London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Wednesday 14th of October 1959

Actor Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn dies of a heart attack at the age of 50 in Apartment No. 201, 1310 Burnaby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Monday 14th of October 1968

Start of the trial against die Rote Armee Fraktion aka Baader-Meinhof Gruppe members Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Thorwald Proll and Horst Söhnlein for an arson-attack on Kaufhaus Schneider in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.

Wednesday 14th of October 1970

Bomb attack by The Proud Eagle Tribe of Weather, the Women's Brigade of the Radical left organisation the Weather Underground in Harvard Center for International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

The bombing was a reaction to Black Activist Angela Davis' arrest and a protest against the war in Vietnam. It was the first action undertaken by an all-women's unit of the Weather Underground.

Monday 14th of October 1974

Porn actress Jessica Drake is born in San Antonio, Texas, United States.

Thursday 14th of October 1976

41-year-old Serial killer Joseph Kallinger aka The Shoemaker is sentenced to life-imprisonment in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States.

While in prison Kallinger made several suicide attempts, including attempting to set himself on fire.

Friday 14th of October 1977

Singer and actor Bing Harry Lillis Crosby dies of a heart attack at the age of 74 in La Moraleja Golf Course, Alcobendas, Área metropolitana de Madrid, Spain.

Sunday 14th of October 1979

5-year-old Alonzo C. Daniels is abducted, sexually abused and drowned in a bathtub by child molester and serial killer Arthur Gary Bishop aka The Mormon Murderer in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

Daniels' body was found on 24 July 1983 along with four other boys.

Sunday 14th of October 1979

Christie Hayes is abducted and attacked by serial killer Robert Hansen aka The Aviation Hunter in The Embers, 137 West 5th Ave, Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

Hayes got into Hansen's camper on an agreement to perform oral sex. Hansen pulled a gun and forced Hayes to strip, then bound her with a snare wire. Fearing for her life Hayes began to scream. Worried that someone would hear the screams and call the police Hansen drove out to the wilderness. As he maneuvered the pickup through the streets of Anchorage to get to Glenn Highway Hayes managed to squirm out of her bonds and was pounding on the camper walls. Hansen slammed on the brakes and got out and ran around to the back of the camper but he couldn’t get in because Hayes had locked the camper door. She then crawled through the sliding glass window between the camper and the cab and locked the cab doors as well. Hansen stuck his arm through the partway rolled down driver's window to pull up the lock. Hayes then cranked the window up, trapping Hansen's arm. Enraged, Hansen freed his arm by breaking the window and yanked naked Hayes out of the cab and threw her on the ground. After getting thrown naked to the ground Hayes bounced back up to her feet and ran down the street. And despite being barefoot Hansen couldn’t catch her and gave up after a couple of blocks.

Friday 14th of October 1983

30-year-old Melvin Reynolds is released from prison after serving 4 years for a murder committed by 54-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate in Missouri State Penitentiary aka The Walls, 115 Lafayette Street, Jefferson City, Missouri, United States.

Reynolds had been imprisoned since 2 January 1980 for the murder of 4-year-old Eric Christgen on 27 May 1978.

Friday 14th of October 1983

Porn actress Vanessa Lane is born as Kristen Marie Sturdevant in New York City, New York, United States.

Sunday 14th of October 1984

Baby Fae known for becoming the first infant receiving the heart of a baboon is born as Stephanie Fae Beauclair in Barstow, California, United States.

Sunday 14th of October 1990

Composer Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at the age of 72 in New York City, New York, United States.

On the day of Bernstein's funeral procession through the streets of Manhattan, construction workers removed their hats and waved, yelling "Goodbye, Lenny."

Tuesday 14th of October 1997

Writer Harold Robbins dies of respiratory heart failure at the age of 81 in Desert Hospital, 1150 N Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California, United States.

Thursday 14th of October 1999

Serial killer Jerry Walter McFadden aka Animal is executed by lethal injection at the age of 51 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

On 4 May 1986 McFadden kidnapped, raped, shot and strangled 20-year-old Gena Turner, 19-year-old Bryan Boone and 18-year-old Suzanne Harrison as they took a trip to Lake Hawkins.

Sunday 14th of October 2012

Mushrooms on a tree stump in Rivierenhof, Antwerpen, Deurne, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Monday 14th of October 2019

Singer, songwriter, actress and K-pop star Choi Jin-ri aka Sulli commits suicide due to depressive moods at the age of 25 in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.