Year 1026
A. A. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh was published for children.
OCTOBER 14
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14 October: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 14 October.
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World Standards Day (International)
Year 1882
Punjab University started in India (now West Pakistan).
Year 1910
Further unrest took place in Lhasa, Tibet, following the arrest of Dalai Lama's agent by the Chinese on the Chinese frontier with India.
Year 1912
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt was attempted to assassinate a man named John Crank.
Year 1920
Oxford University admitted women to degree courses.
Year 1930
The Flag of Freedom' or 'Swaraj Toran' a feature film produced by Prabhat Film Co.Kolhapur was prohibited by the Censor Board on October 14, 1930 on the grounds that it was objectionable in the existing political situation. The film, however, was cleared only after deleting certain portions and the title changed to 'Udaykal'.
Year 1947
Pilot Charles Yager made the first successful flight from the X-1 at a speed faster than sound.
Year 1956
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, along with about 380,000 followers, converted to Buddhism at Deekshabhoomi, Nagpur.
Year 1964
On this day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded at the age of 35 for running a non-violent movement against apartheid in American society. Born in the US state of Georgia, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Year 1981
Vice President Hosni Mubarak was elected President of Egypt.
Year 1982
US President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs.
Year 1985
Assam Ganparishad established.
Year 1989
Election Commission accepted Shiv Sena as a political party.
Year 1998
Prof. Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Laureates), the economist-philosopher, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his contribution to welfare economics. He became the sixth Indian, by birth or citizenship, to win a Nobel.
Year 1999
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was rejected in the US Senate.
Born 1633
James II of England.
Born 1784
King Ferdinand VII of Spain.
Born 1882
Eamon de Valera, the first President of the Republic of Ireland.
Born 1884
Lala Har Dayal, revolutionary, nationalist and freedom fighter, was born at Delhi.
Born 1885
Mukandi Lal, famous Hindi writer, was born in Chamoli at U.P.
Born 1890
Dwight Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States.
Born 1919
Raghu Karmkar, famous cinephotographer, was born.
Born 1924
Virendra Kumar Bhattacharya, an Indian writer.
Born 1927
Roger Moore, an English actor, best known for his role as James Bond.
Born 1931
Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee, an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana.
Born 1939
Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer-founder of the Ralph Lauren Corporation.
Born 1940
Cliff Richard, an Indian singer-songwriter and actor.
Born 1958
Shahid Shahid Pervez, an Indian sitar player from the Etawah Gharana.
Born 1981
Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer.
Died 1066
Harold Godwinson, the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.
Died 1919
Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, a German businessman.
Died 1944
Erwin Rommel, German general.
Died 1947
Narsingh Chintaman Kelkar, great litterateur, politician and editor, died.
Died 1953
Raghunath Dhondo Karve, Family Planning and Sex Education preacher, died.
Died 1993
Lalchand Hirachand Doshi, President of Walchand Industries Group.
Died 1994
Setu Madhavrao Pagdi, researcher and historian, died.
Died 1997
Harold Robbins, American novelist.
Died 1999
Julius Nyerere, Tanzania’s first president.
Died 2013
Mohan Dharia, Indian Union Minister and social activist.
Died 2015
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian Admiral.