On this day in history - Today, October, 14

Today in History

• 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

• 1984 Joseph Kittinger Starts on his Solo Gas Balloon Flight Across the Atlantic

  4 days later, on September 18, Kittinger became the first person to traverse the Atlantic in a ballo

• 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

• 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

• 1913 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster

  In what is considered to be one of the worst mine disasters in recorded history, 440 people were kil