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What happened in history on this day: November 14?
On November 14 in ...
- 565 - Death of Flavius Anicius Justinianus, Byzantine emperor (527-), at age 82.
- 1666 - Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs).
- 1668 - Birth of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt in Genoa, Italy; architect (Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Schönorn Castle near Vienna, Mirabell Palace in Salzburg).
- 1716 - Death of Gottfried Leibniz in Hannover; inventor of differential and integral calculus.
- 1732 - First US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia.
- 1765 - Birth of Robert Fulton built first commercial steamboat (or 0819).
- 1776 - Birth of Henri Dutrochet; discovered and named process of osmosis.
- 1779 - Birth of Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager in Denmark; poet (National Poet 1849).
- 1792 - Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay.
- 1797 - Birth of Charles Lyell in Scotland; geologist (Principles of Geology).
- 1831 - Death of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; German philosopher/inventor (dialectic).
- 1832 - First streetcar (horse-drawn, operated by John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents, running on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets.
- 1840 - Birth of Claude Monet in France; impressionist painter (Water Lilies) (dies 1926).
- 1842 - Birth of Walter Williams; claimed to be last survivor of Civil War (dies 1959).
- 1851 - Harper & Brothers in New York publishes the book Moby Dick, written by Herman Melville.
- 1854 - Vicomte Ferdinand de Lesseps convinces Viceroy Mohammed Said of Egypt that he should build the Suez Canal.
- 1861 - Birth of Frederick Jackson Turner in Portage, Wisconsin, USA; historian/educator (Harvard University).
- 1863 - Birth of Leo Baekeland; Belgian chemist (Bakelite).
- 1881 - Charles J Guiteau goes on trial for US President James Garfield's assassination.
- 1888 - Saint Andrews Golf Club, in Yonkers, New York, opens with just six holes.
- 1889 - Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru; first Indian Prime Minister (1947-64).
- 1889 - Journalist for New York World Nellie Bly (AKA Elizabeth Jane Cochrane) begins world circumnavigation trip from New York City.
- 1892 - Birth of James Meredith; 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1912).
- 1896 - Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation.
- 1900 - Birth of Aaron Copland in Brooklyn, New York, USA; composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man).
- 1901 - Birth of Morton Downey in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA; singer (Radio Singer of the Year 1932), TV host (Star of the Family).
- 1904 - Birth of Dick Powell in Mountain View, Arkansas, USA; singer/actor (1930's musicals, Richard Diamond, Private Detective on radio, host/star of The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, 42nd Street, Christmas in July, The Dick Powell Show).
- 1904 - Birth of Marya Mannes; writer (The Reporter).
- 1906 - Birth of Louise Brooks; silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box).
- 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama) while in office, to see work on the Panama Canal.
- 1908 - Birth of Harrison E Salisbury; journalist/writer (50th Anniversary of Soviet Union).
- 1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light.
- 1909 - Birth of Joseph R McCarthy; American politician (Senator-Republican-Wisconsin), anti-communist crusader.
- 1910 - First airplane take-off from a naval vessel equipped with a flight-deck, a 50hp Curtiss pusher biplane, from US light cruiser Birmingham at Chesapeake Bay in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
- 1910 - Birth of Rosemary DeCamp in Prescott, Arizona, USA; actress (The Life of Riley, Petticoat Junction, Partridge Family, Days of Our Lives, Bob Cummings Show, Love That Bob, That Girl).
- 1912 - Birth of Barbara Hutton; heiress (Woolworth) (dies 1979).
- 1914 - Birth of Ken Carson in Coalgate, Oklahoma, USA; singer (The Sons of the Pioneers, Garry Moore Show TV show).
- 1915 - Booker Taliaferro Washington, American educator/organizer, dies at age 59 in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
- 1915 - Birth of Martha Tilton in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; singer (Benny Goodman's Orchestra, "I'll Walk Alone", "I Should Care", "How Are Things in Glocca Morra").
- 1916 - Birth of Sherwood Schwartz in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; TV writer/producer (Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch).
- 1918 - Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President.
- 1919 - Birth of Veronica Lake; actress (Duffy's Tavern, I Married a Witch) (dies 1973).
- 1920 - American Pro Football Association's Chicago Tigers' Joe Guyon punts 95 yards.
- 1920 - Birth of Johnny Desmond in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Breakfast Club radio and TV, Your Hit Parade TV show, Face the Music, Songs for Sale, Glenn Miller Time).
- 1921 - Birth of Brian Keith AKA Robert Keith Richey Junior in Bayonne New Jersey, USA; actor (Bill - Family Affair, Hardcastle and McCormick, Archer, Heartland, Loneliest Runner).
- 1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) begins daily radio service from Marconi House in the United Kingdom.
- 1924 - Birth of Leonid Kogan in Dnepropetrovsk, Russia; violinist (Lenin Prize-1952).
- 1924 - Birth of Phyllis Avery in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice - The George Gobel Show, Ruth - Mr. Novak, The Clear Horizon, Meet Mr. McNulty).
- 1926 - Birth of Leonie Rysanek; dramatic soprano (Vienna Munich State Opera 1952-54).
- 1927 - Birth of Narciso Yepes in Lorca, Spain; guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947).
- 1928 - Birth of Kathleen Hughes in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (It Came From Outer Space, Bracken's World, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir).
- 1929 - Birth of McLean Stevenson in Normal, Illinois, USA; actor (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake M*A*S*H TV show, The McLean Stevenson Show, Hello Larry, The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, The Doris Day Show, Condo, In the Beginning).
- 1929 - Joseph McGinnity, baseball pitcher (New York Giants), dies at age 58.
- 1930 - Birth of Edward H White II in San Antonio, Texas, USA; Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 4).
- 1933 - Birth of Fred W Haise Junior in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA; astronaut (Apollo 13, STS T-1, T-3, T-5).
- 1935 - Birth of Don Stewart in Staten Island, New York, USA; actor (Mike Bauer - Guiding Light).
- 1935 - Birth of Hussein ibn Talal I; king of Jordan (1953-).
- 1935 - US President Franklin Roosevelt proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth.
- 1939 - Birth of Wendy (Walter) Carlos in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA; composer (Switched on Bach).
- 1939 - Oil refinery fire kills 500 and destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela.
- 1940 - Birth of Freddie Garrity; rocker (Freddie and the Dreamers - "I'm Telling You Now").
- 1940 - 449 German planes bomb and destroy most of Coventry, England. 554 people killed.
- 1941 - (0613 hours) British carrier Ark Royal rolls over, and sinks.
- 1943 - Chicago Bears' Sid Luckman passes for 7 touchdowns versus New York Giants (56-7).
- 1948 - Birth of Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, son of Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Elizabeth.
- 1948 - Birth of Robert Ginty in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Paper Chase, White Fire, Falcon Crest, Baa Baa Black Sheep).
- 1949 - Birth of James Young; Rock singer-musician (Styx).
- 1949 - Birth of Terry Lee Johnson in Alabama, USA; murderer (FBI Most Wanted List).
- 1952 - Birth of Maggie Roswell; actress (The Simpsons, Tim Conway Show).
- 1952 - Britain's first pop music chart is published, by New Musical Express. First #1 song is "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino.
- 1953 - Birth of Alexander O'Neal; British personality (James Hearsky Harris III).
- 1955 - Birth of Jack Sikma; NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks).
- 1955 - Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at age 59.
- 1956 - Birth of Alec John Such; rocker (Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name").
- 1956 - Birth of Kenneth D Bowersox in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA; Lieutenant Commander US Navy/astronaut (sk: STS-50).
- 1959 - Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii).
- 1960 - Two passenger trains collide at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia).
- 1961 - Birth of Laura San Giacomo; actress (Saving Grace, Just Shoot Me).
- 1961 - Birth of D.B. Sweeney; actor (Jericho, Life as We Know It).
- 1964 - Birth of Patrick Warburton; actor (Rules of Engagement, Less Than Perfect, Seinfeld).
- 1964 - Birth of Nic Dalton; rock musician (The Lemonheads).
- 1964 - Birth of Andrew; rocker (The Pasadenas - "Riding on a Train").
- 1964 - Death of Heinrich von Brentano in Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany; foreign minister (1955-1961).
- 1965 - Birth of Jeanette Jurado; pop singer (Expose).
- 1967 - Birth of Letitia Dean; actress (Sharon Watts - EastEnders).
- 1968 - Birth of Brian Yale; bassist (Matchbox Twenty).
- 1969 - NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 1969 - Birth of Butch Walker in Rome, Georgia, USA; heavy metal guitarist (Southgang - "Tainted Angel").
- 1970 - Marshall University football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova West, Virginia.
- 1972 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
- 1972 - Birth of Josh Duhamel; actor (Las Vegas).
- 1973 - Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Captain Mark Phillips.
- 1974 - Birth of David Moscow; actor (Big).
- 1975 - Birth of Travis Barker; drummer (Plus-44, Blink-182).
- 1975 - Spain abandons the Spanish Sahara.
- 1979 - Birth of Mpule Kwelagobe, Miss Universe 1999.
- 1979 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States and U.S. banks in response to the hostage crisis.
- 1979 - Birth of Tobin Esperance; bassist (Papa Roach).
- 1981 - Second Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 2 - returns to Earth.
- 1982 - The leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, is released from 11 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 (born 1916).
- 1984 - Astronauts aboard Discovery pluck a second satellite from orbit.
- 1984 - George Matthews, of Brooklyn, New York, actor (Chick - Glynis), dies at age 73.
- 1984 - NASA launches NATO-3D.
- 1986 - Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon buy the World Champion Mets from the Doubleday Publishing Company for US$80.75 million.
- 1986 - US Securities and Exchange Commission imposes a record US$100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky.
- 1986 - In Taiwan, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs. Fifteen people killed, 44 injured.
- 1988 - CBS debuts the TV comedy Murphy Brown, starring Candice Bergen.
- 1990 - Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at age 87.
- 1990 - In England, Michael Heseltine contests Margaret Thatcher's leadership of the party.
- 1990 - Germany and Poland sign an agreement establishing the German-Polish border at the existing points. (There had never been West German agreement to the border along the line of the Oder and Neisse Rivers).
- 1991 - American and British authorities announce indictments against 2 Libyan intelligence officials, in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
- 1991 - Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after 13 years of exile.
- 1991 - Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDS at age 63.
- 1992 - Death of John Cascella, found dead in his car in Indiana, likely of a heart attack; keyboardist of John Mellencamp's band.
- 1992 - Death of George Adams at age 52; jazz tenor saxophonist/flautist ("Changes One").
- 1994 - In Mindoro, Philippine Islands, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurs. At least 78 people killed and 225 injured on Luzon and Mindoro. A local tsunami contributed to extensive damage in the Calapan and Puerto Galera areas. More than 797 houses destroyed and 3,288 damaged on Mindoro.
- 1995 - A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the Congress of the United States forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums, and run most government offices with skeleton staff.
- 1995 - IBM, Apple Computer, and Motorola release the PowerPC Platform specifications, called the Common Hardware Reference Platform (CHRP). It encompasses support for Macintosh System 7, Windows NT, AIX, Solaris, NetWare, and OS/2. Windows 3.x and Windows 95 are excluded.
- 1995 - Death of Eddie Ballantine at age 88; musical director (Don McNeill BreakfastClub on NBC Blue/ABC Radio), TV reporter.
- 2000 - A small Chinese oil freighter collides with a Norwegian vessel and sinks north of Lantau Island, Hong Kong, leaking about 230,000 litres of heavy oil, creating a 10,000-square metre oil slick.
- 2002 - Argentina defaults on a US$805 million World Bank loan payment.
- 2002 - Microsoft officially launches the Xbox Live online video gaming service in the USA.
- 2004 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell submits his resignation.
- 2006 - The BBWAA votes Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks as winner of the National League Cy Young Award.
- 2006 - Microsoft launches the Zune portable music player. It features 30 GB hard drive, 3-inch display, FM radio, playback of unprotected audio and video files and protected files from the Zune Marketplace. Case colors are black, brown, or white. Price is US$249.
- 2007 - Legend Numismatics sells a collection of over 1000 US pattern coins for over $30 million in a private transaction, double the previous record for a private transaction of coins.
- 2007 - In New York City, USA, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sells at auction a US 1918 24-cent Jenny invert airmail stamp, unused, for US$977,500, a record for a single US stamp at auction.
- 2007 - In France, union strikes begin with railway, bus, and metro workers. The rolling strikes are to protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to end special regimes for public-sector pensions.
- 2007 - A 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurs in northern Chile.
- 2007 - High Speed 1 from London to the Channel Tunnel is opened to passengers.
- 2008 - Sony releases the film Quantum of Solace to theaters.
- 2008 - From Florida, NASA launches the space shuttle Endeavour, to continue construction of the International Space Station.
- 2012 - Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari.
- 2019 - Italy declares a state of emergency in Venice following record flooding.
- 2020 - Death of Hasan Muratovic, 4th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1940).
- 2022 - Death of Sue Baker at age 67; British automobile journalist (Observer, Top Gear TV show).
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