Today in history: October 14
The date of October 14 has witnessed many events throughout history. So, what are the developments that took place in Turkey and the world on this day in history? What events occurred on October 14 in history? Here are the details...
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1913 - Coal mine accident in the United Kingdom; 439 people died.
1915 - World War I: The Kingdom of Bulgaria joined the Central Powers.
1920 - Finland and Soviet Russia signed the Treaty of Tartu, which established the border by exchanging certain territories.
1925 - The first reinforced concrete bridge in Turkey was built over the Büyük Menderes River.
1926 - The first civil marriage under the Turkish Civil Code was performed in Istanbul by Mayor Muhittin Bey.
1933 - Germany announced it would withdraw from the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations.
1940 - During the German bombing of London, known as The Blitz in World War II, 66 people died at the Balham Station of the London Underground.
1944 - Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel died.
1944 - World War II: The British Army entered Athens.
1947 - American test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier.
1950 - A Turkish military unit arrived in Korea.
1956 - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, leader of the Dalit caste in India, converted to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers.
1958 - The USA conducted an underground nuclear test in Nevada.
1960 - The Yassıada Trials began. The first case was the "Dog Case" regarding the sale of a dog gifted to Celâl Bayar by the King of Afghanistan to a zoo.
1964 - Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle against racial inequality.
1964 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was removed from office while on vacation on the Black Sea coast and was replaced by Leonid Brezhnev. Alexei Kosygin became Prime Minister.
1964 - The Turkish National Freestyle Wrestling Team became champions at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
1968 - The first live TV broadcast from orbit by American astronauts was performed by the Apollo 7 crew.
1968 - American Jim Hines became the first person to run the 100m in under 10 seconds (9.95s) at the Olympic Games held in Mexico City. Hines held this title until 1983.
1968 - A 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred in the city of Meckering, Australia.
1969 - Olof Palme became Prime Minister of Sweden.
1973 - General election results were finalized. The Republican People's Party won 185 seats, the Justice Party 149, the National Salvation Party 48, the Democratic Party 45, the Republican Reliance Party 13, the Nationalist Movement Party 3, and the Unity Party of Turkey 1. 6 deputies were elected as independents.
1973 - On the holy day of Yom Kippur, the armies of Egypt and Syria attacked Israel.
1973 - In an uprising by university students in Thailand for a democratic government, 77 people died and 857 were injured.
1981 - Hosni Mubarak became President of Egypt one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
1982 - Yaşar Kemal won the International Cino del Duca Prize in France.
2003 - A scandal known as the "Steve Bartman Incident" occurred during a Major League Baseball game played in Chicago.
2012 - Felix Baumgartner successfully jumped to Earth from a balloon in the stratosphere.
2017 - A truck bomb attack was carried out near a station used by public transport vehicles in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. As a result of the attack, 512 people died, 316 were injured, and 62 people went missing.
2022 - An explosion occurred in a mine in the Amasra district of Bartın.