Shimla, Oct. 14 Keekli Bureau
2012
Two days after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, the space shuttle Endeavour reached its final destination, the California Space Center; its 12-mile journey through the city had required trees to be cut down and signs to be removed.
2007
The reality TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered; the show’s huge popularity helped make various family members major celebrities, notably Kim Kardashian.
1994
Naguib Mahfouz, the 82-year-old novelist and 1988 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was stabbed by Islamic militants in Cairo but survived.
1973
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn of Thailand was forced to step down following huge public demonstrations.
1964
Baptist minister and social activist Martin Luther King, Jr., was named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, cited for his work involving civil rights and social justice.
1947
American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier.
1944
German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox,” ended his life by drinking poison following the discovery of his connection to a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1936
During the Spanish Civil War, the first group of 500 trainees for the International Brigades arrived in Albacete, Spain.
1926
English humorist A.A. Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh, a children’s book featuring the adventures of a honey-loving bear and his friends, including Eeyore and Piglet.
1806
French troops under Napoleon smashed the outdated Prussian army led by Charles William Ferdinand at the Battle of Jena.
1644
English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom William Penn, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, was born.
