November 14

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

Up to 1965

• 1493 - Christopher Columbus lands on an island in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, which he names "Santa Cruz".
• 1495 - Battle of Aguere: Forces of the Kingdom of Castile defeat a force of Guanches, the native people of the Canary Islands.
• 1501 - Both aged 15, Catherine of Aragon and Arthur Tudor marry.
• 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, then part of the Inca Empire.
• 1633 - Thirty Years' War: Swedish troops take over Regensburg, Bavaria.
• 1770 - James Bruce discovers what he believes is the source of the Nile.
• 1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln supports General Ambrose Burnside's plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.
• 1889 – Nellie Bly begins her 72-day journey around the world.
• 1894 – Tsar Nicholas II marries Alexandra Fyodorovna.
• 1901 - Austrian doctor Karl Landsteiner announces the discovery of the blood groups A, B and O.
• 1909 - French passenger ship La Seyne sinks after a collision with a British steamer, killing 101 people.
• 1910 - Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first take-off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, from the makeshift deck of the USS Birmingham.
• 1916 – Billy Hughes becomes Prime Minister of Australia for a second time.
• 1916 – World War II: The First Battle of the Somme ends.
• 1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a Republic.
• 1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
• 1922 - The BBC begins its radio service.
• 1940 - World War II: The city of Coventry in England is almost completely destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing.
• 1941 - World War II: The HMS Ark Royal aircraft carrier sinks from torpedo damage from German submarine U-81 the previous day.
• 1946 - Hermann Hesse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1952 - The UK Singles Chart is published by the New Musical Express.
• 1954 - Gamal Abdel Nasser takes over power in Egypt.
• 1962 - Haile Selassie declares Eritrea to be part of Ethiopia.
• 1963 – The island of Surtsey is formed by a volcanic eruption off the south coast of Iceland.
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The Battle of La Drong begins.

From 1966

• 1966 - Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) defends his heavyweight boxing title against Cleveland Williams.
• 1967 - The Congress of Colombia declares this date as the Day of the Colombian Woman.
• 1967 - American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems.
• 1969 - NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the Moon. Despite two lightning strikes, the launch is carried out successfully.
• 1970 - Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75 people.
• 1971 - Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is officially enthroned.
• 1971 - Mariner 9 enters into orbit around Mars.
• 1973 - Anne, Princess Royal marries Captain Mark Phillips.
• 1975 – Spain abandons Western Sahara.
• 1979 - Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the US in response to the hostage crisis.
• 1982 – Lech Walesa is released from detention.
• 1990 – Germany and Poland agree to the Oder-Neisse Line forming their boundary.
• 1991 – Norodom Sihanouk returns to Cambodia after 13 years of exile.
• 1995 - The United States Government temporarily closes over disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over the federal budget.
• 1999 - Leonid Kuchma is re-elected President of Ukraine.
• 2001 - War in Afghanistan: The Northern Alliance takes over Kabul.
• 2003 – One of the Solar System's most distant objects, 90377 Sedna, is discovered.
• 2010 – Sebastian Vettel becomes, to date, the youngest Formula One World Champion.
• 2012 - Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas get worse.
• 2015 - A French TGV train crashes into a river in the Alsace region of France, killing 10 people. There is no link to the previous night's attacks in Paris.

Births

Up to 1900

• 1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
• 1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
• 1650 – William III, King of England, Ireland and Scotland (d. 1702)
• 1663 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German musician and composer (d. 1712)
• 1668 - Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, Baroque architect (d. 1745)
• 1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 1787)
• 1723 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter (d. 1786)
• 1740 - Johann van Beethoven, father and first teacher of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1792)
• 1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian cardinal (d. 1822)
• 1765 – Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
• 1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
• 1775 - Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach, German philosopher (d. 1833)
• 1776 - Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
• 1777 - Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (d. 1859)
• 1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer (d. 1837)
• 1779 - Adam Oehlenschlager, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850)
• 1797 - Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist and lawyer (d. 1875)
• 1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
• 1807 - Auguste Laurent, French chemist (d. 1853)
• 1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
• 1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy (d. 1836)
• 1828 - James P. McPherson, American general (d. 1864)
• 1832 - Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician (d. 1920)
• 1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
• 1863 - Leo Baekeland, Flemish chemist and inventor of Bakelite (d. 1944)
• 1877 - Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (d. 1968)
• 1878 - Julie Manet, French painter (d. 1966)
• 1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
• 1883 - Ado Birk, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942)
• 1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian doctor, won the 1923 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
• 1891 - Ted Meredith, American athlete (d. 1957)
• 1893 - Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer (d. 1973)
• 1895 - Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
• 1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French poet, critic and philosopher (d. 1944)
• 1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)

1901 – 1950

• 1904 - Dick Powell, American actor and director (d. 1963)
• 1906 – Louise Brooks, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002)
• 1907 - William Steig, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1907 - Howard W. Hunter, American Mormon leader (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Joseph McCarthy, American politician (d. 1957)
• 1910 - Eric Malpass, British author (d. 1996)
• 1913 - George Smathers, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1916 - Roger Apéry, French mathematician (d. 1994)
• 1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Pak Chŏng Hŭi, President of The Republic of Korea (d. 1979)
• 1919 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
• 1919 - Rudolf Kreitlein, German football referee (d. 2012)
• 1922 - Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General (d. 2016)
• 1925 - Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist and dissident (d. 2018)
• 1926 - Bart Cummings, Australian racehorse trainer (d. 2015)
• 1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1928 - Kathleen Hughes, American actress
• 1929 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1930 - Elisabeth Frink, English sculptor and printmaker (d. 1993)
• 1930 - Edward Higgins White, American astronaut, first American to perform a space walk (d. 1967)
• 1930 - Janis Pujats, Latvian cardinal
• 1932 - Gunter Sachs, German businessman and playboy (d. 2011)
• 1933 - Fred Haise, American astronaut
• 1934 - Dave Mackay, Scottish footballer (d. 2015)
• 1934 - Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American jazz pianist
• 1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
• 1936 - Carey Bell, American blues musician (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Wendy Carlos, American composer
• 1939 - Ben Cayetano, 5th Governor of Hawaii
• 1942 - Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist
• 1943 - Peter Norton, American software programmer and author
• 1943 - Jim Cantalupo, CEO of McDonald's (d. 2004)
• 1944 - Björn Bjarnason, Icelandic politician
• 1945 - Stella Obasanjo, First Lady of Nigeria (d. 2005)
• 1947 - Buckwheat Zydeco, American musician (d. 2016)
• 1948 – Charles, Prince of Wales
• 1948 - Paul Dacre, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail)
• 1948 - Michael Dobbs, British novelist
• 1949 - Pierre Buyoya, former President of Burundi
• 1949 - James "J.Y." Young, American guitarist (Styx)

1951 – 1975

• 1951 - Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese director
• 1951 - Frankie Banali, American drummer and songwriter
• 1952 - Maggie Roswell, American actress
• 1952 - Bill Farmer, American voice actor
• 1953 – Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
• 1954 – Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State
• 1954 - Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer and producer
• 1955 - Jack Sikma, American basketball player
• 1955 – Matthias Herget, German footballer
• 1956 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer (d. 2010)
• 1956 - Alec John Such, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1956 - Babette Babich, American philosopher, author and scholar
• 1957 - Wolfgang Hoppe, German bobsledder
• 1959 - Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and movie and TV producer
• 1959 – Paul McGann, English actor
• 1962 - Stefano Gabbana, Italian fashion designer
• 1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor
• 1965 - Greg Hands, English politician
• 1966 - Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
• 1967 - Letitia Dean, English actress
• 1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
• 1972 – Josh Duhamel, American actor
• 1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
• 1973 - Dana Snyder, American comedian, actor and producer
• 1975 - Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter and producer
• 1975 - Faye Tozer, British singer (Steps)

From 1976

• 1977 - Brian Dietzen, American actor
• 1978 - Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
• 1979 - Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 - Moitheri Ntobo, Lesotho footballer
• 1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian actress and model
• 1979 - Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
• 1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer
• 1980 - Carlos Cabezas, Spanish basketball player
• 1981 - Vanessa Bayer, American comedienne and actress
• 1981 - Russell Tovey, British actor
• 1982 - Laura Ramsey, American actress
• 1983 - Alejandro Falla, Colombian tennis player
• 1984 - Vincenzo Nibali, Italian cyclist
• 1984 - Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
• 1984 - Marija Serifovic, Serbian singer
• 1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
• 1986 - Yuna, Malaysian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 - Alo Jakin, Estonian cyclist
• 1986 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
• 1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer
• 1990 - Zoe van der Weel, British handball player
• 1991 - Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 - Mohammed Abu, Ghanaian footballer

Deaths

Up to 1900

• 565 - Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 483)
• 976 - Song Taizu, Chinese Emperor
• 1263 - Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (b. 1220)
• 1282 - Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist reformer (b. 1222)
• 1305 - John II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1239)
• 1391 - Nikola Tavelic, Croatian missionary and saint (b. 1340)
• 1522 - Anne of France (b. 1461)
• 1687 – Nell Gwyn, British actress and royal mistress (b. 1650)
• 1691 - Tasa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
• 1716 – Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646)
• 1746 - Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer (b. 1709)
• 1749 - Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1713)
• 1817 - Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian national heroine (b. 1795)
• 1825 - Jean Paul, German author (b. 1863)
• 1831 – Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770)
• 1831 - Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)
• 1832 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American politician (b. 1737)
• 1844 - John Abercrombie, Scottish physician (b. 1780)
• 1866 - King Manuel I of Portugal (b. 1802)

1901 – 2000

• 1908 - Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
• 1915 – Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and writer (b. 1856)
• 1921 - Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (b. 1846)
• 1922 – Karl Michael Ziehrer, Austrian composer (b. 1843)
• 1944 - Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air force officer (b. 1892)
• 1946 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
• 1947 - Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (b. 1873)
• 1972 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
• 1977 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religion leader (b. 1896)
• 1985 – Wellington Koo, Chinese diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1989 - Jimmy Murphy, Manchester United assistant manager (b. 1910)
• 1991 - Tony Richardson, English director (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Ernst Happel, Austrian football manager (b. 1925)
• 2000 - Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908)

From 2001

• 2001 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
• 2002 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2003 - Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962)
• 2004 - Michel Colombier, French composer (b. 1939)
• 2011 - Neil Heywood, British businessman (b. 1970)
• 2012 - Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian military commander, Hamas (b. 1960)
• 2013 - Grace Jones, British supercentenarian (b. 1899)
• 2014 - Marius Barnard, South African surgeon (b. 1927)
• 2014 - Diem Brown, American television personality (b. 1982)
• 2014 - Jane Byrne, 50th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1934)
• 2014 - Adib Jatene, Brazilian cardiologist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 - Glen A. Larson, American television producer and writer (b. 1937)
• 2014 - Robert Littell, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2014 - Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer (b. 1984)
• 2014 - Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2015 - Warren Mitchell, British actor (b. 1926)
• 2015 - Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
• 2016 - Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (b. 1913)
• 2016 - Gwen Ifill, American broadcast journalist (b. 1955)
• 2017 - Shyama, Indian actress (b. 1935)
• 2017 - Jean-Pierre Schmitz, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1932)
• 2017 - Wolfgang Schreyer, German writer (b. 1927)
• 2017 - Gunnar Uldall, German politician (b. 1940)
• 2017 - Jack Blessing, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2017 - Hou Zongbin, Chinese politician (b. 1929)
• 2018 - Morten Grunwald, Danish actor and director (b. 1934)
• 2018 - James V. Hansen, American politician (b. 1932)
• 2018 - Rolf Hoppe, German actor (b. 1930)
• 2018 - Fernando del Paso, Mexican writer (b. 1935)
• 2019 - María Baxa, Italian-Serbian actress (b. 1946)
• 2019 - Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer (b. 1932)

Observances

• World Diabetes Day (after the biergday of Frederick Banting)
• Children's Day (India)
• Day of the Colombian Woman