It happened on a… October 14

2007

“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.

Montreal’s new Metro subway goes into operation; 26 stations operated by la Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (STCUM).

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.

First presentation of a Moliere play, ‘Les Fourberies de Scapin’ in Montreal.