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===October=== * [[October 3]] – [[Stefan Löfven]] replaces [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]] as [[Prime Minister of Sweden]]. * [[October 19]] – The [[Roman Catholic Church]] beatifies [[Pope Paul VI]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/world/europe/pope-francis-beatifies-pope-paul-vi.html|title=Pope Francis Beatifies an Earlier Reformer, Paul VI|last=Povoledo|first=Elisabetta|date=19 October 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=13 February 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=October 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019221734/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/world/europe/pope-francis-beatifies-pope-paul-vi.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[October 20]] – [[Joko Widodo]] is inaugurated as the 7th [[President of Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29684776 | title= Joko Widodo sworn in as Indonesian president | work= BBC News | date= 20 October 2014 | access-date= 6 April 2019 | archive-date= September 7, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190907101053/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29684776 | url-status= live }}</ref> * [[October 24]] – [[Alan Eustace]], an American [[computer scientist]], sets a world record highest and longest free fall jump from {{convert|135908|ft|km}} over [[Roswell, New Mexico]], United States, breaking the [[sound barrier]] without any machine assistance during a record [[space diving|space dive]] out of a massive [[Gas balloon|helium-filled balloon]]. His descent to Earth lasts 4 minutes 27 seconds and stretches nearly {{convert|26|mi|km}} with peak speeds exceeding {{convert|822|mph|km/h}}, setting new world records for the highest free-fall jump and total free-fall distance {{convert|123414|ft|m}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it/transcript#t-153264|title=Transcript of "I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it"|last=Eustace|first=Alan|access-date=10 November 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724153453/https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it/transcript#t-153264|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29766189 | title = Google's Alan Eustace beats Baumgartner's skydiving record | work = BBC News | date = 24 October 2014 | access-date = 25 October 2014 | archive-date = November 14, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181114114608/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29766189 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="The Verge article">{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/10/24/7062023/alan-eustace-google-vp-free-fall-parachute-jump-world-record |title=Google VP's 135,908-foot leap breaks world record for highest free-fall parachute jump |work=The Verge |date=24 October 2014 |access-date=24 October 2014 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024224611/http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/24/7062023/alan-eustace-google-vp-free-fall-parachute-jump-world-record |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EustaceJump">{{cite news|title=Google exec sets records with leap from near-space|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Google-exec-sets-records-with-leap-from-near-space-5845641.php|access-date=24 October 2014|newspaper=seattlepi.com|date=24 October 2014|location=Seattle|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028175223/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Google-exec-sets-records-with-leap-from-near-space-5845641.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[October 31]] – Longtime [[Burkina Faso]] President [[Blaise Compaoré]] resigns after [[2014 Burkina Faso uprising|widespread protests]] in response to his attempts to abolish presidential term limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/10/burkina-faso-president-2014103113130587467.html|title=Army chief takes power in Burkina Faso|date=31 October 2014|website=Al Jazeera|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-date=October 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031160849/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/10/burkina-faso-president-2014103113130587467.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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