Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 14

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[edit] Births

• 1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718)
• 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
• 1893 - Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)
• 1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)
• 1927 - Roger Moore, English actor
• 1939 - Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
• 1978 - Usher, American singer and actor

[edit] Deaths

• 1066 - Harold Godwinson, King of England
• 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshall (b. 1891)
• 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
• 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)