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Politics and elections Bulgarian parliamentary election, 2014 Bulgarians vote in a snap election, following the resignation of a Socialist -led government in July; the number of parties in the National Assembly grows from four to eight, and the centre-right GERB becomes the biggest party but falls short of an overall majority. Voter turnout is just about 50%, lower than at any time since the ...
October 29 – The San Francisco Giants defeat American League champion Kansas City Royals 4 games to 3 in the 2014 World Series. [242] October 30. After a 48-day manhunt, survivalist Eric Frein, accused of committing the 2014 Pennsylvania State Police barracks attack in September, is arrested outside an abandoned airfield in Tannersville ...
October 24 – Alan Eustace, an American computer scientist, sets a world record highest and longest free fall jump from 135,908 feet (41.425 km) over Roswell, New Mexico, United States, breaking the sound barrier without any machine assistance during a record space dive out of a massive helium-filled balloon. His descent to Earth lasts 4 ...
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Business and economics A large French bank, Groupe BPCE launches a service that allows its customers to use the social network Twitter to send one another money. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2014 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Vongfong leaves Japan as a tropical storm having caused at least one death, two people missing and 93 injured. (Reuters via ABC News Australia) 2014 North Indian ...
2014 Hong Kong protests. Hong Kong government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement. At least 12 people are killed in demonstrations across Turkey.
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International relations Nobel Peace Prize: Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian children's rights advocate Kailash Satyarthi share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. (BBC), (Huffington Post) The local KGB in Minsk arrests about 100 Ukrainian and 30 Belarusian soccer fans at a qualifying match between Ukraine and Belarus for the 2016 European Championship after they a sang ...