Norman Invasion of England 1066 Battle of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy and his Norman army defeat the English forces of Harold II , who is killed in the battle Norman Invasion of England 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence 1774 First Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia 1884 George Eastman patents paper strip photographic film 1933 Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the League of Nations 1982 US President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs 1930 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin 's musical "Girl Crazy," starring Ginger Rogers and featuring the debut of Ethel Merman , opens at the Alvin Theatre in NYC and runs for 272 performances 2007 " Keeping Up with the Kardashians " featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US 1991 NY Rangers right wing Mike Gartner becomes 1st NHL player to score his 500th goal, 500th assist, and 1000th point all in the same season A. A. Milne 's book "Winnie the Pooh" is released On This Day in 1926 First Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. by over 100,000 people On This Day in 1979 James II 1633 - 1701 William Penn 1644 - 1718 George Grenville 1712 - 1770 George Grenville Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890 - 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower Charlie Kirk 1993 - 2025 Ralph Lauren 87th Birthday Roger Moore 1927 - 2017 Cliff Richard 86th Birthday Beth Daniel 70th Birthday Natalie Maines 52nd Birthday

Usher 48th Birthday Rowan Blanchard 25th Birthday Rowan Blanchard Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," a collection of 12 stories originally published serially in "The Strand Magazine" On This Day in 1892 1806 German writer, artist and politician Johann Wolfgang von Goethe marries mistress Christiane Vulpius in Weimar 1913 Athlete Jim Thorpe (25) weds Margaret Iva Miller at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1923 German "All Quiet on the Western Front" author Erich Maria Remarque (25) weds German actress Ilse Jutta Zambona; divorce in 1930, remarry in 1938, re-divorce in 1957 1988 Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce & annulment 1990 American actors Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis file for divorce after nearly 2 years of marriage 2015 Ricki Lake and Christian Evans divorce after 3 years of marriage Harold II - 1066 Erwin Rommel 1891 - 1944 Errol Flynn 1909 - 1959 Bing Crosby 1903 - 1977 Leonard Bernstein 1918 - 1990 Leonard Bernstein Robbie Coltrane 1950 - 2022 Robbie Coltrane Nowhere in England is the principal of free speech embodied more than at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. But this right was won through death and protest. October 14, 1855 Abraham Lincoln Elizabeth Cady Stanton Frederick Douglass George Washington Martin Luther King Jr. Search the largest and most accurate independent site for today in history.