Daily Almanac: October 14, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:55 a.m.
SET: 7:11 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 60 °F
LOW: 56 °F

Today is…

• National Chess Day
• National Dessert Day
• national lowercase day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1994 Two Israelis and a Palestinian Share the Nobel Peace Prize. The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres shared the Nobel Peace Prize, which is annually awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee based in Oslo, with the President of the Palestinian National Authority, Yasser Arafat. The Award was given out to the two parties for their efforts and work on the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel. The Accords created the Palestinian Authority and made it the official governing body to interact with Israel on issues that effect the lives of Palestinians in Israel.
• 1947 First Human to Fly Faster than the Speed of Sound. American Air Force test pilot, Chuck Yeager, flew the Bell X-1, an experiment aircraft at Mach 1.07 at an altitude of 45,000 ft. In doing so, he became the first person to break the sound barrier.• 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh Makes his Literary Debut. The popular children’s book character was created by British author A.A. Milne and first appeared in a collection of short stories called Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie, a teddy bear, lives in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England. The book followed his adventures in the forest with his friends Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, and Eeyore.

Births On This Day

• 1906 Hannah Arendt

German/American theorist, philosopher
• 1644 William Penn

English businessman, founder of Pennsylvania

Deaths On This Day

• 1990 Leonard Bernstein

American conductor, pianist, composer
• 1959 Errol Flynn

Australian actor