October 14

Monday 14, 1996:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to 6,010.00, closing above 6,000 for the first time ever.

Sunday 14, 1962:

Cuban Missile Crisis begins: A U-2 flight over Cuba takes photos of Soviet nuclear weapons being installed.

Friday 14, 1949:

Eleven leaders of the U.S. Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. government. Ten defendants are sentenced to 5 years in prison each, and the eleventh to 3 years. The Supreme Court upheld the convictions on June 4, 1951.

Saturday 14, 1944:

World War II: Given the choice between a public treason trial and a certain death by firing squad or suicide with honor, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel chooses the latter.

Tuesday 14, 1806:

Battle of Jena-Auerstädt