Historical Events on November 14, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on November 14th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2019 | A mass shooting occurs at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, resulting in three deaths, including that of the perpetrator, and three injuries. |
| 2017 | A gunman kills four people and injures 12 others during a shooting spree across Rancho Tehama, California. He had earlier murdered his wife in their home. |
| 2016 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people. |
| 2012 | Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas. |
| 2008 | The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C. |
| 2003 | Astronomers discover 90377 Sedna, the most distant trans-Neptunian object. |
| 2001 | War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul. |
| 2001 | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It has the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400 km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake. |
| 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. |
| 1992 | In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.[11][12] |
| 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 in exile. |
| 1990 | After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder–Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland. |
| 1984 | Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city. |
| 1982 | Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. |
| 1979 | US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis. |
| 1978 | France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests. |
| 1977 | During a British House of Commons debate, Labour MP Tam Dalyell poses what would become known as the West Lothian question, referring to issues related to devolution in the United Kingdom. |
| 1975 | With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara. |
| 1973 | In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey. |
| 1973 | The Athens Polytechnic uprising, a massive demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–74, begins. |
| 1971 | Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars. |
| 1970 | Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization. |
| 1970 | Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team. |
| 1969 | Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon. |
| 1967 | The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman". |
| 1967 | American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser. |
| 1965 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. |
| 1960 | Ruby Bridges becomes the first Black child to attend an all-White elementary school in Louisiana. |
| 1957 | The "Apalachin meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high-level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee. |
| 1952 | The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart. |
| 1941 | World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the German submarine U-81 sustained on November 13. |
| 1941 | World War II: German troops, aided by local auxiliaries, murder nine thousand residents of the Słonim Ghetto in a single day. |
| 1940 | World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. |
| 1938 | The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic. |
| 1922 | The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom. |
| 1921 | The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero. |
| 1920 | Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki. |
| 1918 | The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution. |
| 1914 | The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland. |
| 1910 | Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher. |
| 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 72 days. |
| 1851 | Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA. |
| 1812 | Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein. |
| 1770 | James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile. |
| 1680 | German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope. |
Famous People Born on November 14
Here is a random list who born on November 14. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1953 | Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France |
| 1977 | Obie Trice, American rapper and producer |
| 1935 | Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist |
| 1956 | Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1983 | Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter |
| 1980 | Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress |
| 1945 | Sue Williams, American actress and model (d. 1969) |
| 1998 | DeVonta Smith, American football player |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1907 | William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003) |
Famous People Deaths On November 14
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on November 14. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 976 | Taizu, Chinese emperor (b. 927) |
| 1908 | Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871) |
| 1946 | Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1876) |
| 2014 | Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (b. 1924) |
| 2006 | Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (b. 1926) |
| 1633 | William Ames, English philosopher and academic (b. 1576) |
| 2001 | Charlotte Coleman, English actress (b. 1968) |
| 1910 | John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835) |
| 1829 | Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (b. 1763) |
| 1984 | Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (b. 1916) |
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