14 October, a few events in history
- 2023 (1 year ago): Australia votes against altering the constitution to give indigenous communities more rights in a referendum.
- 2021 (3 years ago): Banksy’s artwork “Love is in the Bin” (originally known as “Girl With Balloon” which was half shredded at an auction in 2018) was sold for 18.5 million pounds.
- 2017 (7 years ago): Two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, Somalia. At least 587 people were killed and 316 injured. The terrorist attack is the deadliest in Somalia’s history.
- 2014 (10 years ago): Singer Kesha files a civil lawsuit against her longtime producer, Dr. Luke, citing years of physical, verbal, and emotional abuse.
- 2007 (17 years ago): The reality TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered.
- 1994 (30 years ago): The movie Pulp Fiction was released in theatres in the United States.
- 1983 (41 years ago): Cyndi Lauper released her first solo album, She’s So Unusual, with hits such as “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” and “Time After Time”.
- 1978 (46 years ago): Usher—who topped the charts with songs such as “Yeah!” and “Burn”.
- 1977 (47 years ago): Bing Crosby died of a heart attack.
- 1977 (47 years ago): Hard rock band KISS release their album Alive II.
- 1973 (51 years ago): George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minnesota and whose death sparked protests in 2020, was born.
- 1964 (60 years ago): Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1959 (65 years ago): Actor Errol Flynn died of a heart attack at the age of 50.
- 1944 (80 years ago): Erwin Rommel, a German field marshal, ended his life by poisoning himself after discovering that he was connected to a conspiracy to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
- 1927 (97 years ago): Actor Roger Moore, whose best known role is playing the character of James Bond, was born.
- 1926 (98 years ago): A. A. Milne’s “Winnie-the-Pooh” was published.
Note that this is not an exhaustive list