1884 | The paper strip photographic film was patented by George Eastman, founder of the Kodak company.

1892 | "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" was published for the first time by Arthur Conan Doyle as a collection of 12 stories serially in "The Strand Magazine”.

1926 | The famous cartoon ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ made his literary debut in a collection of short stories.

1947 | Chuck Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound in the Bell X-1, a rocket engine-powered aircraft.

1964 | American social activist, Martin Luther King Jr. was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1991 | Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize for “her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights.”

1994 | Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, fifth Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli leader Shimon Peres shared the Nobel Peace Prize.

2001 | German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher won his fourth F1 World Drivers Championship title.

2019 | The Booker Prize was jointly awarded to Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other” who became the first black woman to win the prize.