What happened on November 14? There are more than 262 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 14
November 14 is the 319th day of the year 2024. There are 47 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 46th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Shawboro, North Carolina 27973 sunrise occured at 06:39 AM and sunset occured at 04:57 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 76 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 14
- 1533Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire
- 1770James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile
- 1862American 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.
- 1889Pioneering 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.
- 1910Aviator 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.
- 1916World War I: The Battle of the Somme ends.
- 1918Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
- 1921The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
- 1922The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
- 1940World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- 1941World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day.
- 1941World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 sustained on November 13.
- 1952The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
- 1957The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
- 1965Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
- 1967American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world’s first laser.
- 1967The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as “Day of the Colombian Woman”.
- 1969Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 1970Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
- 1970Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
- 1971Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
- 1973In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
- 1975Spain abandons Western Sahara.
- 1979Iran hostage crisis: US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
- 1982Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland’s outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
- 1984Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
- 1990After 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.
- 1991American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
- 1991Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
- 1991In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.
- 1995A 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.
- 2001War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
- 2002Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
- 2003Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
- 2007The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
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Who Were Born On November 14?
- 1567Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
- 1601Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
- 1650King William III of England (d. 1702)
- 1719Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s father (d. 1787)
- 1740Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven’s father and first teacher (d. 1792)
- 1746Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (d. 1822)
- 1765Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
- 1771Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
- 1776Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
- 1777Nathaniel Claiborne, U.S. politician (d. 1859)
- 1778Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
- 1779Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
- 1797Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875)
- 1803Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
- 1805Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
- 1812Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
- 1812Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
- 1816John Curwen, British music educator (d. 1880)
- 1828James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
- 1838August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881)
- 1840Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
- 1863Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (d. 1944)
- 1875Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
- 1875Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944)
- 1878Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
- 1878Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
- 1889Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
- 1891Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
- 1895Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1895Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
- 1896Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1898Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
- 1900Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
- 1904Dick Powell, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1904Harold Haley, American judge (d. 1970)
- 1904Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1905John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
- 1906Louise Brooks, American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985)
- 1907Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002)
- 1907Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (d. 1995)
- 1907William Steig, American children’s book author (d. 2003)
- 1908Joseph McCarthy, American politician (d. 1957)
- 1910Eric Malpass, English novelist (d. 1996)
- 1912Barbara Hutton, American socialite (d. 1979)
- 1912T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003)
- 1915Martha Tilton, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1916Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (d. 1994)
- 1916Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)
- 1919Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
- 1919Lisa Otto, German soprano
- 1919Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1921Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1922Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General
- 1924Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
- 1927Bart Cummings, Australian race horse trainer
- 1927McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1927Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1929Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player
- 1929Shirley Crabtree, aka Big Daddy, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1930Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
- 1930Edward Higgins White, American astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1930Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
- 1930Monique Mercure, Canadian actress
- 1932Gunter Sachs, German mathematician
- 1933Fred Haise, American astronaut
- 1934Catherine McGuinness, Irish Supreme Court Justice
- 1934Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player
- 1935King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
- 1935Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek lyricist and journalist
- 1935Michael Busselle, English photographer and writer (d. 2006)
- 1936Carey Bell, American blues musician (d. 2007)
- 1936Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1990)
- 1936Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
- 1937Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939Wendy Carlos, American composer
- 1943Peter Norton, American software engineer
- 1944Karen Armstrong, British author
- 1945Paul Hirsch, American film editor
- 1945Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
- 1947Bharathan, Malayalam film director (d. 1998)
- 1947P. J. O'Rourke, American writer
- 1948Charles, Prince of Wales
- 1949Gary Grubbs, American actor
- 1949James Young, American guitarist (Styx)
- 1949Raul Di Blasio Argentine pianist, composer, producer
- 1951Alec John Such, American musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1951Frankie Banali, American rock drummer
- 1951Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
- 1951Sandahl Bergman, American actress
- 1951Stephen Bishop, American musician
- 1951Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
- 1953Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
- 1953Phil Baron, American voice actor
- 1954Anson Funderburgh, blues guitar player and band leader
- 1954Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
- 1954Condoleezza Rice, American educator, diplomat and 66th United States Secretary of State
- 1954Yanni, Greek musician & composer
- 1955Jack Sikma, American basketball player
- 1956Peter R. de Vries, Dutch crime reporter
- 1957Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
- 1959Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959Paul McGann, British actor
- 1960Remi Moses, English footballer
- 1960Tom Judson, American actor and composer
- 1961Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1961D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- 1961Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
- 1962Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
- 1962Laura San Giacomo, American actress
- 1962Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress
- 1964Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
- 1964Patrick Warburton, American actor
- 1964Rev Run, American rapper
- 1964Rockie Lynne, American musician
- 1966Curt Schilling, American baseball player
- 1966Petra Roßner, German cyclist
- 1967Letitia Dean, British actress
- 1967Nina Gordon, American singer
- 1968Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress
- 1968Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
- 1969Butch Walker, recording artist
- 1970Brendan Benson, American musician (The Raconteurs)
- 1970David Wesley, American basketball player
- 1971Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
- 1971Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
- 1972Aaron Taylor, American football player
- 1972Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
- 1972Josh Duhamel, American actor
- 1972Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
- 1972Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
- 1973Dana Snyder, American voice actor
- 1973Kareem Campbell, American skateboarder
- 1973Lawyer Milloy, American football player
- 1973Moka Only, Canadian musician
- 1974David Moscow, American actor
- 1974Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor
- 1975Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
- 1975Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian/American wine expert
- 1975Luiz Bombonato Goulart, Brazilian footballer
- 1975Nicolai Cleve Broch, Norwegian actor
- 1975Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
- 1977Obie Trice, American rapper
- 1978Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- 1978Chris Shar, American musician (Stiffed (band)), (Man Man), (Santigold)
- 1978Delphine Chanéac, French model, actress and DJ
- 1978Michala Banas, New Zealand actress
- 1978Xavier Nady, American baseball player
- 1979Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
- 1979Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
- 1979Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress
- 1979Rallia Christidou, Greek singer
- 1980Brock Pierce, American actor
- 1981Russell Tovey, British actor
- 1981Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
- 1981Vanessa Bayer, American comedian
- 1982Kyle Orton, American football player
- 1983Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
- 1983Lil Boosie, American rapper
- 1984Courtney Johns, Australian rules footballer
- 1984Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
- 1984Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
- 1985Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
- 1986Yuna, Malaysian indie singer
- 1987Giorgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer for PAOK F.C.
- 1989Jake Livermore, English footballer
- 1990Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- 1991Taylor Hall, Canadian hockey player
- 2002Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
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Who Died On November 14?
- 565Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor (b. 483)
- 1226Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (b. 1193)
- 1263Alexander Nevsky, Russian noble (b. 1220)
- 1359Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296)
- 1391Nikola Tavelić, Croatian saint (b. 1340)
- 1522Anne of France (b. 1461)
- 1556Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504)
- 1633William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
- 1687Nell Gwynne, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650)
- 1691Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
- 1716Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646)
- 1734Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649)
- 1746Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709)
- 1749Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (b. 1713)
- 1817Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary figure (b. 1795)
- 1825Jean Paul, German writer (b. 1763)
- 1829Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist (b. 1763)
- 1831Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770)
- 1831Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-born French composer, music publisher and piano manufacturer (b. 1757)
- 1832Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American statesman (b. 1737)
- 1844John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780)
- 1866King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802)
- 1872Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
- 1907Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
- 1908Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
- 1914Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
- 1915Booker T. Washington, American educator and activist (b. 1856)
- 1916Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
- 1916Saki, British writer (b. 1870)
- 1937Jack O'Connor, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- 1944Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873)
- 1944Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English RAF Officer (b. 1892)
- 1946Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
- 1947Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
- 1950Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish writer and poet (b. 1914)
- 1960Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
- 1971William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
- 1972Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
- 1974Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1977A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader (b. 1896)
- 1981Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
- 1984Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
- 1984Nikitas Platis, Greek actor (b. 1912)
- 1991Tony Richardson, English film director (b. 1928)
- 1992Ernst Happel, Austrian football coach (b. 1925)
- 1994Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953)
- 1996John A. Cade, American politician (b. 1929)
- 1997Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (b. 1916)
- 1997Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician (b. 1905)
- 1999Minos Volanakis, Greek theatre director and translator
- 2000Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)
- 2001Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
- 2001Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
- 2002Eddie Bracken, American film actor (b. 1915)
- 2002Elena Nikolaidi, Turkish-born Greek-American opera singer (b. 1909)
- 2003Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
- 2004Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
- 2006Sumner Shapiro, United States Navy Rear Admiral (b. 1926)
- 2010Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)
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