November 14
Events
1862 - American Civil War : President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside 's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia , leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg .
1889 - Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane ) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.
1910 - Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia . He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher .
1918 - Czechoslovakia becomes a republic .
1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 - The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom .
1923 - Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna .
1940 - World War II : In England , the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers . Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
1941 - World War II : The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from U-81 sustained on November 13 .
1952 - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express .
1957 - The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1965 - Vietnam War : Battle of the Ia Drang begins - the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
1967 - The Congress of Colombia in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta , declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
1969 - Apollo program : NASA launches Apollo 12 , the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon .
1970 - Southern Airlines Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia , killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
1971 - His Holiness Shenouda III is consecrated as the 117th Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark , the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church .
1971 - Mariner program : Mariner 9 reaches Mars , becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet .
1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
1973 - In the United Kingdom , Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips , in Westminster Abbey .
1975 - Spain abandons Western Sahara .
1979 - Iran hostage crisis : US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis .
1982 - Lech Wa??sa , the leader of Poland 's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border .
1984 - Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco , a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos , is assassinated in his home city.
1990 - After German reunification , the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1991 - American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103 .
1991 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile .
1991 - In Royal Oak, Michigan , a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage , killing four and wounding five before committing suicide .
1995 - A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.
2001 - War in Afghanistan : Afghan Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul .
2002 - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
2002 - The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks .
2007 - the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
Births
1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625 )
1601 - Jean Eudes , French missionary (d. 1680 )
1650 - King William III of England (d. 1702 )
1719 - Leopold Mozart , Austrian composer (d. 1787 )
1740 - Johann van Beethoven , Ludwig van Beethoven 's father and first teacher (d. 1792 )
1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger , Italian Cardinal
1765 - Robert Fulton , American inventor (d. 1815 )
1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802 )
1776 - Henri Dutrochet , French physiologist (d. 1847 )
1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel , Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837 )
1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger , Danish poet (d. 1850 )
1797 - Charles Lyell , British geologist (d. 1875 )
1803 - Jacob Abbott , American writer (d. 1879 )
1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn , German composer and pianist (d. 1847 )
1812 - Aleardo Aleardi , Italian poet (d. 1878 )
1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy , queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836 )
1828 - James B. McPherson , American Civil War general (d. 1864 )
1838 - August Senoa , Croatian writer (d. 1881 )
1840 - Claude Monet , French painter (d. 1926 )
1863 - Leo Hendrik Baekeland , Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (d. 1944 )
1875 - Jakob Schaffner , Swiss novelist (d. 1944 )
1875 - Gregorio del Pilar , Filipino general (d. 1899 )
1878 - Leopold Staff , Polish poet (d. 1957 )
1878 - Julie Manet , French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966 )
1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru , First Prime Minister of India and Freedom Fighter (d.1964 )
1891 - Frederick Banting , Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941 )
1895 - Walter Freeman , American physician (d. 1972 )
1895 - Louise Huff , American actress (d. 1973 )
1896 - Mamie Eisenhower , First Lady of the United States (d. 1979 )
1898 - Benjamin Fondane , Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944 )
1900 - Aaron Copland , American composer (d. 1990 )
1904 - Harold Larwood , English cricketer (d. 1995 )
1904 - Dick Powell , American actor (d. 1963 )
1905 - John Henry Barbee , American guitarist and singer (d. 1964 )
1906 - Louise Brooks , American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985 )
1907 - Howard W. Hunter , American religious leader (d. 1995 )
1907 - Astrid Lindgren , Swedish writer (d. 2002 )
1907 - William Steig , American children's book author (d. 2003 )
1908 - Joseph McCarthy , U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (d. 1957 )
1910 - Eric Malpass , English novelist (d. 1996 )
1912 - Barbara Hutton , American socialite (d. 1979 )
1912 - T. Y. Lin , Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003 )
1915 - Martha Tilton , American singer (d. 2006 )
1916 - Roger Apéry , Greek-French mathematician (d. 1994 )
1916 - Sherwood Schwartz , American television writer and producer
1919 - Johnny Desmond , American singer (d. 1985 )
1919 - Lisa Otto , German soprano
1919 - Veronica Lake , American actress (d. 1973 )
1921 - Brian Keith , American actor (d. 1997 )
1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Egyptian UN Secretary-General
1924 - Leonid Borisovitch Kogan , Russian violinist (d. 1982 )
1927 - Bart Cummings , Australian race horse trainer
1927 - McLean Stevenson , American actor (d. 1996 )
1927 - Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997 )
1929 - Jimmy Piersall , American baseball player
1930 - Shirley Crabtree , professional wrestler (d. 1997 )
1930 - Monique Mercure , French Canadian actress
1930 - Michael Robbins , British actor (d. 1992 )
1930 - Edward White , American astronaut (d. 1967 )
1933 - Fred Haise , American astronaut
1934 - Kurt Hamrin , Swedish soccer player
1934 - Catherine McGuinness , Irish Supreme Court Justice
1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999 )
1936 - Freddie Garrity , English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers ) (d. 2006 )
1936 - Cornell Gunter , American singer (The Coasters ) (d. 1990 )
1937 - Murray Oliver , Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Wendy Carlos , American composer
1943 - Peter Norton , American software engineer
1945 - Paul Hirsch , American film editor
1945 - Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005 )
1947 - P. J. O'Rourke , American writer
1947 - Bharathan , Malayalam film director (d. 1998 )
1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales
1949 - James Young , American guitarist (Styx )
1951 - Zhang Yimou , Chinese film director
1951 - Frankie Banali , American rock drummer
1951 - Stephen Bishop , American musician
1953 - Dominique de Villepin , Prime Minister of France
1954 - Bernard Hinault , French cyclist
1954 - Condoleezza Rice , United States Secretary of State
1954 - Yanni , Greek musician & composer
1953 - Phil Baron , American voice actor
1955 - Koichi Nakano , Japanese cyclist
1956 - Alec John Such , American bassist (Bon Jovi )
1959 - Paul McGann , British actor
1960 - Tom Judson , American actor and composer
1961 - Gordon Jennison Noice , American actor
1961 - D. B. Sweeney , American actor
1961 - Antonio Flores , Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995 )
1962 - Laura San Giacomo , American actress
1962 - Harland Williams , Canadian-born actor
1964 - Bill Hemmer , American television news reporter
1964 - Patrick Warburton , American actor
1964 - Rev Run , American rapper
1966 - Curt Schilling , American baseball player
1966 - Petra Roßner , German cyclist
1967 - Letitia Dean , British actress
1967 - Nina Gordon , American singer
1968 - Janine Lindemulder , American porn actress
1968 - Serge Postigo , Canadian actor
1969 - Butch Walker , recording artist
1970 - David Wesley , American basketball player
1971 - Adam Gilchrist , Australian cricketer
1971 - Marco Leonardi , Italian-Australian actor
1972 - Matthew Bloom , American professional wrestler
1972 - Josh Duhamel , American actor
1972 - Edyta Górniak , Polish singer
1972 - Martin Pike , Australian rules footballer
1972 - Aaron Taylor , American football player
1973 - Lawyer Milloy , American football player
1973 - Dana Snyder , American voice actor
1973 - Moka Only , Canadian musician
1974 - Matt Cedeño , Cuban-American actor
1974 - David Moscow , American actor
1974 - Adam Walsh , American murder victim (d. 1981 )
1975 - Travis Barker , American musician (Blink 182 , +44 )
1975 - Faye Tozer , British musician (Steps )
1977 - Obie Trice , American rapper
1978 - Xavier Nady , American baseball player
1978 - Mersing Nguyen , American actress
1978 - Bobby Allen , American ice hockey player
1979 - Mavie Hörbiger , German actress
1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong , French footballer
1979 - Tobin Esperance , American musician (Papa Roach )
1980 - Brock Pierce , American actor
1981 - Tom Ferrier , British racing driver
1983 - Lil Boosie , American rapper
1984 - Marija ?erifovi? , Serbian singer
1984 - Lisa De Vanna , Australian female footballer
1986 - Berta Grosser , German actress
1989 - Jake Livermore , English footballer
1990 - Jessie Jacobs , Australian actress and singer (d. 2008 )
Deaths
565 - Justinian the Great , Byzantine Emperor (b. 483 )
1226 - Frederick of Isenberg , German politician (executed) (b. 1193 )
1263 - Alexander Nevsky , Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir
1359 - Gregory Palamas , Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296 )
1391 - Nikola Taveli? , First Croatian saint (b. 1340 )
1522 - Anne of France , Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461 )
1556 - Giovanni della Casa , Italian poet (b. 1504 )
1633 - William Ames , English philosopher (b. 1576 )
1687 - Nell Gwynne , English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650 )
1691 - Tosa Mitsuoki , Japanese painter (b. 1617 )
1716 - Gottfried Leibniz , German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646 )
1734 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth , French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649 )
1746 - Georg Steller , German naturalist (b. 1709 )
1817 - Policarpa Salavarrieta , Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795 )
1825 - Jean Paul , German writer (b. 1763 )
1829 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin , French pharmacist (b. 1763 )
1831 - Georg Hegel , German philosopher (b. 1770 )
1831 - Ignaz Pleyel , Austrian-born French composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer (b. 1757 )
1832 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton , American statesman (b. 1737 )
1844 - John Abercrombie , British physician (b. 1780 )
1866 - King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802 )
1872 - Pavel Kiselyov , Russian general and politician (b. 1788 )
1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark , Australian politician (b. 1848 )
1908 - The Guangxu Emperor of China, (b. 1871 )
1914 - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar , Malayalin journalist (b. 1861 )
1915 - Booker T. Washington , American inventor (b. 1856 )
1916 - Henry George, Jr. , American politician (b. 1862 )
1916 - Saki , British writer (b. 1870 )
1937 - Jack O'Connor , American baseball player (b. 1869 )
1944 - Carl Flesch , Hungarian violinist (b. 1873 )
1946 - Manuel de Falla , Spanish composer (b. 1876 )
1947 - Joseph Allard , French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873 )
1971 - William Bendeck , Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934 )
1972 - Martin Dies, Jr. , American politician (b. 1900 )
1974 - Johnny Mack Brown , American actor (b. 1904 )
1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896 )
1981 - Robert Bradford , Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941 )
1984 - Cesar Climaco , Filipino politician (b. 1916)
1991 - Tony Richardson , English film director (b. 1928 )
1992 - Ernst Happel , Austrian football coach (b. 1925 )
1994 - Tom Villard , American actor (b. 1953 )
1996 - John A. Cade , American politician (b. 1929 )
1997 - Eddie Arcaro , American jockey (b. 1916 )
1997 - Jack Pickersgill , Canadian politician (b. 1905 )
2000 - Robert Trout , American journalist (b. 1908 )
2001 - Charlotte Coleman , British actress (b. 1968 )
2001 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo , Argentine footballer (b. 1922 )
2002 - Eddie Bracken , American film actor (b. 1915 )
2003 - Gene Anthony Ray , American actor (b. 1962 )
2004 - Michel Colombier , French composer (b. 1939 )
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