MONDAY, Oct. 14, 2024

On this day...

1867-15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan

1884-George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film

1950-Rev. Moon Sun-myoung liberated from Heungnam prison

1958-Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community

1960-Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK

1964-Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize

1968 -Firsst live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)

1980-President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court

1982-6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea

1986-Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize

1986-The IOC decides to stagger the Winter & Summer Olympic schedule

1988-Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment