Bullet can’t shut up Teddy Roosevelt (1912)
MLK wins Nobel Peace Prize, puts it next to his Heisman Trophy
Twisted History: October 14, 2025
On this day in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest at a campaign stop in Milwaukee … then went ahead and gave his speech anyway. The ex-president told the audience he had just been shot, unbuttoned his vest to reveal his bloody shirt and pulled out the bullet-ridden 50-page manuscript that helped save his life. “The bullet is in me now, so I cannot make a very long speech,” he said, “but I will try my best.”
On this day in 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr won the Nobel Peace Prize, which he kept in a display case next to the Heisman Trophy he won as a speedy hard-hitting collegiate tailback at Morehouse.
On this day in 1968, Apollo 7 transmitted the first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft. The talented astronauts delighted viewers back on Earth with a medley of songs including “Rocket Man,” “Space Cowboy” and “Fly Me to the Moon.”
Today’s Birthdays:
Dwight D Eisenhower (1890-1969): 34th U.S. president, first chief executive to say “darn it” on national television.
C. Everett Koop (1916-2013): former U.S. Surgeon General, best known for sounding the national alarm that: “Choking can be hazardous to your health.”
Roger Moore (1927-2017): actor remembered for playing the silliest James Bond in “The Man With the Golden Dong,” “Platypussy” and the New Hampshire-set 007 caper “Live Free Or Die.”
Natalie Maines, 51: lead singer for band formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, a trio of “Cancel Culture” pioneers whose career took a beating in 2003 after Maines said they did not support the invasion of Iraq and were “ashamed” that President George W. Bush was from Texas.