Today is Saturday, October 14, the 287th day of 2017. There are 78 days left in the year.
1960 — Peace Corps first suggested by JFK
1964 — Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize
1965 — Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
1965 — Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of world series beating Twins 2-0 (World Series #62)
1968 — First live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1971 — Two killed in Memphis racial disturbances
1975 — President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside
1977 — Linda Ronstadt sings the national anthem at the 74th World Series
1978 — First TV movie from a TV series "Rescue from Gilligan’s Island"