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November 14November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. == Events == * 1851 - Herman Melville's novel ''Moby-Dick'' is publishing in the United States by Harper & Brothers, New York - after it was first published on October 18, 1851 by Richard Bentley, London. * 1862 - American Civil War: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate States of America capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg. * 1889 - Pioneer woman journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. * 1918 - Czechoslovakia becomes a republic. * 1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins radio service in the United Kingdom. * 1940 - World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by Germany Luftwaffe bombers. * 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) sinks due to torpedo damage from Unterseeboot 81 sustained on November 13. * 1952 - First UK chart published by the New Musical Express * 1965 - Vietnam War: Battle of the Ia Drang begins - the first major engagement between regular United States and North Vietnamese forces. * 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second Space exploration to the surface of the Moon. * 1970 - Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, West Virginia, killing 75. * 1971 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 reaches Mars (planet), becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. * 1971 - Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria was concescrated as the 117th List of Coptic Popes and the See of St. Mark the Evangelist, the Pope of the Coptic Christianity. * 1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time. * 1973 - In the United Kingdom, Anne, Princess Royal marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. * 1975 - Spain abandons Western Sahara. * 1979 - Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the Iran hostage crisis. * 1982 - Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet Union border. *1985 - Tragedy in Colombia: eruption of volcano Nevado del Ruiz provoked 23 000 deaths in city of Armero (was buried). * 1990 - Germany modifies its Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany to recognise the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland. * 1991 - American and United Kingdom authorities announce indictments against two Libyan Intelligence (information gathering) 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 - A Termination of employment United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five, before committing suicide. * 1993 - Michael Jackson enters a drug rehabilitation Twelve-step program to treat an drug addiction to painkillers. * 1995 - A budget standoff between United States Democrat Party and United States Republican Party in the Congress of the United States forces the Federal Government of the United States to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staffs. * 1998 - Dennis Rodman and Carmen Electra are marriage in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada. * 2000 - Netscape Navigator version 6.0 is launched following two years of open source development. * 2001 - 2001 U.S. Attack on Afghanistan: Northern Alliance fighters takeover the capital Kabul. * 2002 - Argentina defaults on a US$805 million World Bank payment. * 2002 - The United States House of Representatives votes to not create an National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to investigate the September 11, 2001 attacks. * 2003 - Planetoid 90377 Sedna is discovered. ==Births== * 1668 - Johann von Hildebrandt, Austrian architect (d. 1745) * 1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1787) * 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) * 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) * 1828 - James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864) * 1838 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881) * 1840 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926) * 1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet] (d. 1957) * 1883 - Fred Quimby, American film producer (d. 1965) * 1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India (d. 1964) * 1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize in medicine (d. 1941) * 1896 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979) *1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990) *1904 - Dick Powell, actor (d. 1963) *1906 - Louise Brooks, actress (d. 1985) *1907 - Howard W. Hunter, president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995) * 1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002) * 1907 - William Steig, cartoonist and children's book author (d. [[2003]) *1915 - Martha Tilton, American singer *1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer *1919 - Veronica Lake, actress (d. 1973) * 1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano *1921 - Brian Keith, actor (d. 1997) *1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, UN Secretary-General *1929 - Jimmy Piersall, baseball player * 1929 - McLean Stevenson, actor (d. 1996) *1930 - Edward White, astronaut (d. 1967) *1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999) *1939 - Wendy Carlos, American composer *1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, writer *1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales *1951 - Stephen Bishop (musician), musician *1954 - Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State * 1954 - Yanni, musician *1959 - Paul McGann, British actor *1964 - Bill Hemmer, news anchor (''American Morning'') *1966 - Curt Schilling, baseball player *1967 - Letitia Dean, British actress * 1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer and songwriter *1971 - Adam Gilchrist, Australia cricket *1972 - Martin Pike, Australian Rules footballer *1973 - Lawyer Milloy, American football player *1978 - Xavier Nady, baseball player ==Deaths== *1263 - Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir *1359 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296) *1716 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646) *1746 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709) *1825 - Jean Paul, German writer (b. 1763) *1831 - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770) *1832 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the American Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (b. 1732) *1844 - John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780) *1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848) *1915 - Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and author (b. 1856) *1916 - Saki, British writer (b. 1870) *1946 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876) *1972 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900) *1997 - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (b. 1916) *2000 - Robert Trout, journalist (b. 1909) *2003 - Mr. Blues, American musician (b. 1962) *2003 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933) *2004 - Harry Lampert, illustrator (b. 1916) ==Holidays and observances== *India - Birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru: Children's day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/14 BBC: On This Day] ---- November 13 - November 15 - October 14 - December 14 -- historical anniversaries nds:14 November November 14--User:Maveric149 00:49, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) Template:November 14 selected anniversaries - Template talk:November 14 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:November_14_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Removed: *1698 - first Eddystone Lighthouse is lit Trivial. Not really a notable lighthouse. --User:Maveric149 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC) Removed: *1832 - First streetcar (a horse-drawn wagon) goes into operation, in New York City. Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-like pages. --User:Maveric149 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC) Moved: *1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (91) capsizes and sinks after being torpedoed by Unterseeboot 81. Nope - happened on November 13. --User:Maveric149 Moved: *1942 - World War II: Battle of Guadalcanal - Aviators from the USS Enterprise (CV-6) sink the Japanese heavy cruiser BB- Hiei. Nope - happened on November 13. --User:Maveric149 Moved: *1945 - Nuremberg Trials begin: Trials against the main war crime of World War II start in court room 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. Nope - happened on November 20. --User:Maveric149 04:23, 14 Nov 2003 (UTC) See other meanings of words starting from letter: NNA | NB | NC | ND | NE | NF | NG | NH | NI | NJ | NK | NL | NM | NO | NP | NR | NS | NT | NU | NW | NX | NY | NZ |Words begining with November_14: November_14 November_14 November_14th November_14_selected_anniversaries November_14_selected_anniversaries |
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