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November 14th


- Children's Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru. (India)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)
- Equorum Probatio, the official cavalry parade of the equites, is held. (Roman Empire)
- World Diabetes Day (International)

November 14th


- 2007 - The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
- 2003 - Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
- 2002 - The United States House of Representatives votes not to create an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks.
- 2002 - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
- 2001 - War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Wa??sa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
- 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.
- 1975 - Spain abandons Western Sahara.
- 1973 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.
- 1971 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
- 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 members of the Marshall University football team.
- 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 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".
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
- 1957 - The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
- 1952 - The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
- 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from U-81 sustained on November 13.
- 1940 - World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- 1923 - Kentaro Suzuki completes his ascent of Mount Iizuna.
- 1922 - The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
- 1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
- 1918 - Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1770 - James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile
- 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca empire

November 14th


- 2002 - Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)
- 1991 - Taylor Hall, Canadian hockey player
- 1990 - Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
- 1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer
- 1985 - Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
- 1984 - Courtney Johns, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
- 1984 - Marija Šerifovi?, Serbian singer
- 1983 - Lil Boosie, American rapper
- 1982 - Kyle Orton, American football player
- 1982 - Laura Ramsey, American actress
- 1981 - Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
- 1980 - Brock Pierce, American actor
- 1979 - Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
- 1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress
- 1979 - Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
- 1978 - Chris Shar, American musician (Stiffed (band)), (Man Man), (Santigold)
- 1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- 1978 - Michala Banas, New Zealand actress
- 1978 - Xavier Nady, American baseball player
- 1978 - Delphine Chanéac, French model, actress, and DJ.
- 1977 - Sara Jay, American pornographic actress
- 1977 - Obie Trice, American rapper
- 1975 - Nicolai Cleve Broch, Norwegian actor
- 1975 - Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
- 1975 - Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
- 1975 - Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian/American wine expert
- 1974 - David Moscow, American actor
- 1974 - Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor
- 1973 - Kareem Campbell, American skateboarder
- 1973 - Dana Snyder, American voice actor
- 1973 - Lawyer Milloy, American football player
- 1973 - Moka Only, Canadian musician
- 1972 - Aaron Taylor, American football player
- 1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
- 1972 - Josh Duhamel, American actor
- 1972 - Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
- 1972 - Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
- 1971 - Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
- 1970 - Brendan Benson, American musician (The Raconteurs)
- 1970 - David Wesley, American basketball player
- 1969 - Butch Walker, recording artist
- 1968 - Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress
- 1968 - Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
- 1967 - Letitia Dean, British actress
- 1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer
- 1966 - Curt Schilling, American baseball player
- 1966 - Petra Roßner, German cyclist
- 1964 - Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
- 1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor
- 1964 - Rev Run, American rapper
- 1964 - Rockie Lynne, American musician
- 1962 - Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
- 1962 - Laura San Giacomo, American actress
- 1961 - Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1961 - Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
- 1961 - D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- 1960 - Tom Judson, American actor and composer
- 1960 - Remi Moses, English footballer
- 1959 - Paul McGann, British actor
- 1959 - Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
- 1957 - Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
- 1955 - Jack Sikma, American basketball player
- 1954 - Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
- 1954 - Condoleezza Rice, former United States Secretary of State
- 1954 - Yanni, Greek musician & composer
- 1953 - Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
- 1953 - Phil Baron, American voice actor
- 1951 - Frankie Banali, American rock drummer
- 1951 - Alec John Such, American musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1951 - Stephen Bishop, American musician
- 1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
- 1949 - Raul Di Blasio Argentine pianist, composer, producer
- 1949 - James Young, American guitarist (Styx)
- 1949 - Gary Grubbs, American actor
- 1948 - Charles, Prince of Wales
- 1947 - Bharathan, Malayalam film director (d. 1998)
- 1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, American writer
- 1945 - Paul Hirsch, American film editor
- 1945 - Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Peter Norton, American software engineer
- 1939 - Wendy Carlos, American composer
- 1937 - Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1936 - Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1990)
- 1936 - Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
- 1936 - Carey Bell, American blues musician (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Michael Busselle, English photographer and writer (d. 2006)
- 1935 - King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
- 1935 - Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek lyricist and journalist
- 1934 - Catherine McGuinness, Irish Supreme Court Justice
- 1934 - Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player
- 1933 - Fred Haise, American astronaut
- 1932 - Gunter Sachs, German mathematician
- 1930 - Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
- 1930 - Edward White, American astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1930 - Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
- 1930 - Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
- 1929 - Shirley Crabtree, aka Big Daddy, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
- 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player
- 1927 - Bart Cummings, Australian race horse trainer
- 1927 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
- 1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997)
- 1924 - Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
- 1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General
- 1921 - Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1919 - Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
- 1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano
- 1919 - Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1916 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer
- 1915 - Martha Tilton, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Barbara Hutton, American socialite (d. 1979)
- 1912 - T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003)
- 1910 - Eric Malpass, English novelist (d. 1996)
- 1908 - Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (d. 1957)
- 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)
- 1906 - Louise Brooks, American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985)
- 1905 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
- 1904 - Harold Haley, American judge (d. 1970)
- 1904 - Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
- 1904 - Dick Powell, American actor (d. 1963)
- 1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
- 1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
- 1896 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1895 - Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
- 1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
- 1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
- 1878 - Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
- 1878 - Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
- 1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
- 1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944)
- 1863 - Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (d. 1944)
- 1840 - Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
- 1838 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881)
- 1828 - James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
- 1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
- 1812 - Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
- 1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
- 1803 - Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
- 1797 - Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875)
- 1779 - Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
- 1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
- 1777 - Nathaniel Claiborne, U.S. politician (d. 1859)
- 1776 - Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
- 1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
- 1765 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
- 1746 - Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (d. 1822)
- 1740 - Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)
- 1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1787)
- 1650 - King William III of England (d. 1702)
- 1601 - Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
- 1567 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)