October 14

Events

 * 1922 - The first automated telephones, the Pennsylvania exchange in N.Y. City, become operational.
 * 1947 - Chuck Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound
 * 1968 – First live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft Apollo 7.

Births

 * 1853 –, Romanian composer (d. 1883)
 * 1900 –, Mexican composer (d. 1970)
 * 1909 –, American screenwriter (d. 1996)
 * 1926 –, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1982)
 * 1931 –, Indian classical musician (d. 1986)
 * 1932 –, American tenor (d. 2005)
 * 1935 –, American composer
 * 1940 –, English singer
 * 1945 –, English musician (Whitesnake)
 * 1946 –, English musician (Moody Blues)
 * 1946 –, Scottish musician (Nazareth)
 * 1947 –, American musician (The Trammps)
 * 1953 –, American astrologer, writer, singer
 * 1959 –, American drummer (Twisted Sister)
 * 1963 –, South Korean singer
 * 1965 –, Australian composer
 * 1968 –, American musician
 * 1974 –, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
 * 1974 –, American musician
 * 1975 –, English singer (All Saints)
 * 1977 –, Danish singer-songwriter
 * 1978 –, American musician, writer
 * 1992 –, American Singer

Deaths

 * 1568 –, Flemish composer
 * 1985 –, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)
 * 1990 –, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
 * 2002 –, German composer and songwriter (b. 1911)
 * 2006 –, American bassist (b. 1975)
 * 2007 –, American rapper (b. 1974)