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November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 47 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca , Inca empire 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 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 Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia , killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria 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 Wałęsa , 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 Cardinal1765 - 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 - Gregorio del Pilar , Filipino general (d. 1899 )1875 - Jakob Schaffner , Swiss novelist (d. 1944 )
1878 - Julie Manet , French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966 )1878 - Leopold Staff , Polish poet (d. 1957 )
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 - Louise Huff , American actress (d. 1973 )1895 - Walter Freeman , American physician (d. 1972 )
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 - Dick Powell , American actor (d. 1963 )1904 - Harold Larwood , English cricketer (d. 1995 )
1905 - John Henry Barbee , American guitarist and singer (d. 1964 )1906 - Louise Brooks , American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985 )1907 - Astrid Lindgren , Swedish writer (d. 2002 )1907 - Howard W. Hunter , American religious leader (d. 1995 )
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 trainer1927 - McLean Stevenson , American actor (d. 1996 )
1927 - Narciso Yepes , Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997 )
1929 - Jimmy Piersall , American baseball player1930 - Charles De Sorgher , Belgian bobsledder1930 - Edward White , American astronaut (d. 1967 )
1930 - Michael Robbins , British actor (d. 1992 )
1930 - Monique Mercure , French Canadian actress
1930 - Shirley Crabtree , professional wrestler (d. 1997 )
1933 - Fred Haise , American astronaut1934 - Catherine McGuinness , Irish Supreme Court Justice1934 - Kurt Hamrin , Swedish soccer player
1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999 )1936 - Cornell Gunter , American singer (The Coasters ) (d. 1990 )1936 - Freddie Garrity , English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers ) (d. 2006 )
1937 - Murray Oliver , Canadian ice hockey player1939 - Wendy Carlos , American composer1943 - Peter Norton , American software engineer1945 - Paul Hirsch , American film editor1945 - Stella Obasanjo , Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005 )
1947 - Bharathan , Malayalam film director (d. 1998 )1947 - P. J. O'Rourke , American writer
1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales 1949 - James Young , American guitarist (Styx )1951 - Frankie Banali , American rock drummer1951 - Stephen Bishop , American musician
1951 - Zhang Yimou , Chinese film director
1953 - Dominique de Villepin , Prime Minister of France 1953 - Phil Baron , American voice actor
1954 - Bernard Hinault , French cyclist1954 - Condoleezza Rice , United States Secretary of State
1954 - Yanni , Greek musician & composer
1955 - Jack Sikma , American basketball player1957 - Michael J Fitzgerald , American writer1959 - Paul McGann , British actor1960 - Tom Judson , American actor and composer1961 - Antonio Flores , Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995 )1961 - D. B. Sweeney , American actor
1961 - Gordon Jennison Noice , American actor
1962 - Harland Williams , Canadian-born actor1962 - Laura San Giacomo , American actress
1964 - Bill Hemmer , American television news reporter1964 - Patrick Warburton , American actor
1964 - Rev Run , American rapper
1966 - Curt Schilling , American baseball player1966 - Petra Roßner , German cyclist
1967 - Letitia Dean , British actress1967 - Nina Gordon , American singer
1968 - Janine Lindemulder , American porn actress1968 - Serge Postigo , Canadian actor
1969 - Butch Walker , recording artist1970 - David Wesley , American basketball player1971 - Adam Gilchrist , Australian cricketer1971 - Marco Leonardi , Italian-Australian actor
1972 - Aaron Taylor , American football player1972 - Edyta Górniak , Polish singer
1972 - Josh Duhamel , American actor
1972 - Martin Pike , Australian rules footballer
1972 - Matthew Bloom , American professional wrestler
1973 - Dana Snyder , American voice actor1973 - Lawyer Milloy , American football player
1973 - Moka Only , Canadian musician
1974 - David Moscow , American actor1974 - Matt Cedeño , Cuban-American actor
1975 - Faye Tozer , British musician (Steps )1975 - Travis Barker , American musician (Blink-182 , +44 )
1977 - Obie Trice , American rapper1978 - Bobby Allen , American ice hockey player1978 - Xavier Nady , American baseball player
1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong , French footballer1979 - Mavie Hörbiger , German actress
1979 - Olga Kurylenko , Ukrainian model and actress
1980 - Brock Pierce , American actor1981 - Tom Ferrier , British racing driver1982 - Kyle Orton , American football player (Chicago Bears )1983 - Lil Boosie , American rapper1984 - Lisa De Vanna , Australian female footballer1984 - Marija Šerifović , Serbian singer
1985 - Thomas Vermaelen , Belgian footballer1989 - Jake Livermore , English footballer1990 - 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 Vladimir1359 - Gregory Palamas , Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296 )1391 - Nikola Tavelić , 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 educator, lecturer, and African-American activist (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 )
Holidays and observances
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