What happened on October 14 ?

1257 - King Przemysl II of Poland (d. 1296)

1493 - Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (d. 1568)

1499 - Claude of France, wife of Louis XII of France (d. 1524)

1574 - Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England and VI of Scotland (d. 1619)

1630 - Sophia of Hanover (d. 1714)

1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland (d. 1701)

1643 - Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712)

1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718)

1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)

1712 - George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1770)

1726 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (d. 1813)

1733 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)

1784 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1833)

1801 - Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (d. 1883)

1806 - Preston King, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 1865)

1842 - Joe Start, baseball player (d. 1927)

1857 - Elwood Haynes, American automobile pioneer (d. 1925)

1861 - Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (d. 1944)

1869 - Joseph Duveen, British art dealer (d. 1939)

1873 - Ray Ewry, American athlete (d. 1937)

1882 - Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot (d. 1975)

1882 - Charlie Parker, English cricketer (d. 1959)

1888 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (d. 1923)

1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)

1892 - Sumner Welles, American diplomat (d. 1961)

1893 - Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)

1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)

1904 - Christian Pineau, French World War II resistance fighter (d. 1995)

1906 - Hannah Arendt, German political theorist and writer (d. 1975)

1906 - Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)

1908 - Ruth Hale, American playwright and actress (d. 2003)

1908 - Allan Jones, American actor and singer (d. 1992)

1909 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driver (d. 1938)

1910 - John Wooden, American basketball player and coach

1911 - Le Duc Tho, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1990)

1914 - Raymond Davis Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1914 - Dick Durrance, American skier (d. 2004)

1916 - C. Everett Koop, United States Surgeon General

1927 - Roger Moore, English actor

1930 - Joseph Mobutu, President of Zaire (d. 1997)

1931 - Nikhil Banerjee, Indian classical musician (d.1986)

1935 - La Monte Young, American composer

1938 - John W. Dean III, American White House counsel and Watergate figure

1938 - Empress Farah Diba of Iran

1938 - Ron Lancaster, Canadian Football League quarterback and coach

1939 - Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer

1940 - Perrie Mans, South African snooker player

1940 - Cliff Richard, British singer

1940 - Christopher Timothy, British actor

1944 - Udo Kier, German actor

1946 - Justin Hayward, English musician (Moody Blues)

1946 - Craig Venter, American biologist

1947 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist and actor

1948 - Harry Anderson, American actor

1949 - Katy Manning, British actress

1952 - Nikolai Andrianov, Soviet gymnast

1958 - Thomas Dolby, British musician

1960 - Steve Cram, British track athlete

1962 - Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player

1964 - Olu Oguibe, American artist

1965 - Constantine Koukias, Australian composer

1967 - Sylvain Lefebvre, former National Hockey League player

1968 - Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer

1969 - David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)

1970 - Daniela Pe?tová, Czech supermodel

1971 - Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer

1974 - Jessica Drake, American porn star

1976 - Nata?a Kej?ar, Slovenian swimmer

1977 - Kelly Schumacher, Canadian basketball player

1978 - Paul Hunter, English snooker player

1978 - Usher Raymond, American singer and actor

1979 - Stacy Keibler, American professional wrestler

1980 - Terrence McGee, American football player

1981 - Akon, Senegalese R&B Singer

1983 - Vanessa Lane, American porn star

1985 - Digão, Brasilian football player

1988 - Max Thieriot, American actor