1688 - King James II flees London 1768 - The first of 100 weekly "numbers" of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which are bound into three volumes in 1771, is published in Edinburgh, Scotland 1913 - Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore becomes the first non-European to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali" 1939 - KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary 1954 - Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its applications 1963 - Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta receive the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the technology of high polymers 1971 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt receives the Nobel Peace Prize 1994 - 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB) More Historical Events »