It happened on a… October 14

« Keeping Up with the Kardashians » featuring Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney Kardashian premieres on the E! cable network in the US

Philadelphia Flyers start 35 game unbeaten streak beating Toronto 4-3

Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores his first NHL goal; will eventually become the League’s greatest scorer.

Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Cuban Missile Crisis began when U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircrafts photographed Soviet construction of intermediate-range missile sites in Cuba.

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from the Throne..

The book « Winnie-the-Pooh, » by A.A. Milne, made its debut.

1st PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, NY: Englishman Jim Barnes defeats Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final.

Arthur Conan Doyle publishes « The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes » collection of 12 stories originally published serially in « The Strand Magazine ».

George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.