Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1964

African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.

He was just 35 years and the youngest person to ever win the prize at that time.

This Day in History - October 14

1957

Queen Elizabeth II personally opened the 23rd parliamentary session in Canada, the first and only time for her.

1892

The detective novel 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle was published.

1994

NASA's space probe Magellan burned in the Venus atmosphere.

1940

The Blitz bombing of London's Balham Tube Station was bombed, killing over 60 people.

1979

Up to 125,000 people marched in the first LGBT civil rights march in Washington, D.C.

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