Today In History: October 14 | How Australian film legend took his hellraising habits to the grave
Australian-born Hollywood film star Errol Flynn died of a heart attack on October 14, 1959, in Canada at the age of 50.
Born in Tasmania, the Australian-American actor achieved global fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood, with lead roles in films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Sea Hawk.
But the actor was also notorious for his hellraising lifestyle of hard drinking and womanising.
October 14
On October 14, 2012, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere, plummeting 39 kilometres back down to earth.
He became the first man to break the sound barrier without travelling in a powered machine.
He eventually landed safely, in what was a seriously elaborate stunt to sell an energy drink.
Getting no response, he said to police: "Officers, take charge of him, and see that there is no violence done to him."
He concluded that because he was not coughing blood, he had only suffered a superficial wound.
Test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947.
Yeager had broken two ribs falling off a horse two days earlier, so he hid his injury from the Air Force.
The Battle of Hastings took place on October 14, 1066, marking the last successful invasion of Great Britain.
William the Duke of Normandy had led an army into England in a direct challenge to the newly installed King Harold Godwinson.
Harold was killed with an arrow to the head, and his army crumbled in the aftermath.
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