October 14: Simchat Torah in Judaism begins at sunset (2006), Teachers' Day in Poland.

• 1066 - Battle of Hastings: The Norman invasion forces of William the Conqueror (pictured) defeated the English army and killed Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.

• 1773 - The first recorded ministry of education, the Commission of National Education, was formed in Poland.

• 1947 - Flying a Bell X-1, test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier.

• 1981 - Hosni Mubarak was elected President of Egypt, one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

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