Today in History: October 14: A day for Nobel Peace Prizes – awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964, and awarded to Elie Wiesel in 1986. Also on this date:In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings; In 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial accused of treason against Queen Elizabeth I; In 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life in the face of accusations of conspiring against Hitler; In 1981, the new president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, was sworn in; 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, and in 2012, he did it again in the backseat of an F-15.