On This Day: October 14

On this day in history: Pilot Chuck Yeager was the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound in 1947, Martin Luther King jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Born: Ralph Lauren, Usher.

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On This Day: October 14
On this day in history: Pilot Chuck Yeager was the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound in 1947, Martin Luther King jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Born: Ralph Lauren, Usher.

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