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Sara's Today in History Return to Website · View Listings for this Week October 14th 1912 Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for a return to office, was shot in Milwaukee. He refused to have the wound treated until he finished his speech. 1944 British and Greek troops liberated Athens, ending three years of World War II occupation by German troops. 1947 Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager, 24, flying a Bell X-1, became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. 1964 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1973 Bing Crosby, one of the most popular singers of his day and winner of the best actor Academy Award for his role in Going My Way, died of a heart attack while playing golf in Madrid. He was 74. 1994 The kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian extremists ended with the soldier and four others being killed in a shootout. The same day, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat. 1996 The Dow cracked 6,000, closing at a record 6,010. 2000 Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Egypt to seek a truce and possibly a way back to the peace table. 2004 U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. John Kerry ended their third and final presidential debate in a virtual dead heat, according to a television poll taken right after the session. 2004 Saudi Arabians viewed the United States as responsible for the rise in terror in their country, The New York Times reported. 2005 The U.S. Commerce Department announced the consumer index leaped 1.2 percent in September, biggest increase since 1980.

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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Share on Facebook		2006-10-14 9:29 PM learning from our history Sara's Today in History Return to Website · View Listings for this Week October 14th 1912 Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, campaigning for a return to office, was shot in Milwaukee. He refused to have the wound treated until he finished his speech. 1944 British and Greek troops liberated Athens, ending three years of World War II occupation by German troops. 1947 Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager, 24, flying a Bell X-1, became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. 1964 Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. 1973 Bing Crosby, one of the most popular singers of his day and winner of the best actor Academy Award for his role in Going My Way, died of a heart attack while playing golf in Madrid. He was 74. 1994 The kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian extremists ended with the soldier and four others being killed in a shootout. The same day, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat. 1996 The Dow cracked 6,000, closing at a record 6,010. 2000 Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to meet with U.S. President Bill Clinton in Egypt to seek a truce and possibly a way back to the peace table. 2004 U.S. President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. John Kerry ended their third and final presidential debate in a virtual dead heat, according to a television poll taken right after the session. 2004 Saudi Arabians viewed the United States as responsible for the rise in terror in their country, The New York Times reported. 2005 The U.S. Commerce Department announced the consumer index leaped 1.2 percent in September, biggest increase since 1980. ~~~~~~~~~~~ much love to my loyal readers ~~~~~~~~~~~ Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top