November 14
Events
Pre-1600
- 332 BC - Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.
1601–1900
- 1680 - German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
- 1770 - James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
- 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.
- 1851 - Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA.
- 1889 - Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
1901–present
- 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.
- 1914 - The Joensuu City Hall, designed by Eliel Saarinen, was inaugurated in Joensuu, Finland.
- 1918 - The Provisional National Assembly of the new republic of Czechoslovakia meets to devise a constitution.
- 1920 - Pesäpallo, the Finnish version of baseball developed by Lauri Pihkala, is played for the first time at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki.
- 1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
- 1922 - The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
- 1938 - The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
- 1940 - World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
- 1941 - World War II: The aircraft carrier sinks due to torpedo damage from the 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.
- 1952 - The New Musical Express publishes the first regular UK Singles Chart.
- 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.
- 1960 - Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
- 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.
- 1969 - Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
- 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.
- 1971 - Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
- 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.
- 1975 - With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
- 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.
- 1978 - France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
- 1979 - US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive Order 12170, freezing all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis.
- 1982 - Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven 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.
- 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.
- 1990 - While on approach to Zurich Airport, Alitalia Flight 404 crashes into Stadlerberg Mountain near Weiach, killing 46.
- 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.
- 1992 - In poor conditions caused by Cyclone Forrest, Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashes near Nha Trang, killing 30.
- 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.
- 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 and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
- 2003 - Astronomers discover Sedna, a distant trans-Neptunian dwarf planet.
- 2008 - The first G-20 economic summit opens in Washington, D.C.
- 2008 - Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-126 to continue assembly of the International Space Station.
- 2012 - Israel launches a major military operation in the Gaza Strip in response to an escalation of rocket attacks by Hamas.
- 2016 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikōura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15 km, resulting in the deaths of two people.
- 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.
- 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.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1449 - Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia
- 1487 - John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko
- 1501 - Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia
- 1531 - Richard Topcliffe, English torturer
1601–1900
- 1601 - John Eudes, French priest and missionary
- 1650 - William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
- 1663 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer
- 1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1765 - Robert Fulton, American engineer, early steamboat pioneer
- 1771 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist
- 1776 - Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist
- 1777 - Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician
- 1778 - Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer
- 1779 - Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright
- 1797 - Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist
- 1803 - Jacob Abbott, American author
- 1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer
- 1812 - Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet
- 1812 - Maria Cristina of Savoy
- 1816 - John Curwen, English minister and educator
- 1828 - James B. McPherson, American general
- 1832 - Henry Strangways, English-Australian politician, 12th Premier of South Australia
- 1838 - August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic
- 1840 - Claude Monet, French painter
- 1856 - Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist
- 1861 - Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author
- 1863 - Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer
- 1869 - John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland
- 1871 - Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist
- 1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician
- 1875 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist
- 1877 - Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player
- 1878 - Julie Manet, French painter and art collector
- 1878 - Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic
- 1883 - Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia
- 1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India
- 1891 - Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1893 - Addie Viola Smith, American lawyer and trade commissioner
- 1895 - Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist
- 1897 - John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic
- 1898 - Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic
- 1900 - Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator
1901–present
- 1904 - Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge
- 1904 - Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer
- 1904 - Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer
- 1905 - John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist
- 1906 - Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer
- 1907 - Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter
- 1907 - William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor
- 1908 - Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician
- 1910 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer
- 1910 - Eric Malpass, English author
- 1912 - Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist
- 1912 - Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge
- 1914 - Ken Carson, American Western singer
- 1915 - Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach
- 1915 - Martha Tilton, American singer and actress
- 1916 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic
- 1916 - Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer
- 1917 - Park Chung Hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea
- 1918 - John Bromwich, Australian tennis player
- 1919 - Johnny Desmond, American singer
- 1919 - Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress
- 1920 - Mary Greyeyes, the first First Nations woman to join the Canadian Armed Forces
- 1921 - Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic
- 1921 - Brian Keith, American actor and director
- 1922 - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations
- 1922 - Veronica Lake, American actress and singer
- 1924 - Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator
- 1925 - Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic
- 1925 - James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author
- 1927 - Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments
- 1927 - Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer
- 1927 - McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter
- 1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer
- 1928 - Kathleen Hughes, American actress
- 1929 - Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler
- 1929 - Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1930 - Peter Katin, English pianist and academic
- 1930 - Monique Mercure, Canadian actress
- 1930 - Michael Robbins, English actor
- 1930 - Ed White, American engineer and astronaut
- 1932 - Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer
- 1933 - Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut
- 1934 - Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager
- 1934 - Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator
- 1934 - Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician
- 1935 - Hussein of Jordan
- 1935 - Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist
- 1936 - Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player
- 1936 - Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor
- 1936 - Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer
- 1937 - Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer
- 1937 - Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1939 - Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
- 1942 - Manon Cleary, American painter and academic
- 1942 - Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator
- 1943 - Peter Norton, American programmer and author
- 1944 - Karen Armstrong, English author and academic
- 1944 - Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player
- 1945 - Louise Ellman, English academic and politician
- 1945 - Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director
- 1945 - Brett Lunger, American race car driver
- 1946 - Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter
- 1946 - Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician
- 1947 - P. J. O'Rourke, American political satirist and journalist
- 1947 - Nat Young, Australian surfer and author
- 1947 - Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player
- 1948 - Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
- 1948 - Paul Dacre, English journalist
- 1948 - Michael Dobbs, English author and politician
- 1948 - Robert Ginty, American actor and producer
- 1949 - Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer
- 1949 - Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter
- 1949 - Gary Grubbs, American actor
- 1949 - Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor
- 1949 - James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 - Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1951 - Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer
- 1951 - Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer
- 1952 - Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter
- 1952 - Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter
- 1952 - Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer
- 1953 - Tim Bowler, English children's author
- 1953 - Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France
- 1954 - Willie Hernández, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1954 - Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
- 1954 - Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State
- 1954 - Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver
- 1954 - Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer
- 1955 - Philip Egan, English bishop
- 1955 - Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 - Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar
- 1956 - Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager
- 1956 - Peter R. de Vries, Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter
- 1956 - Valerie Jarrett, American government official
- 1959 - Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
- 1959 - Paul McGann, English actor
- 1961 - D. B. Sweeney, American actor
- 1962 - Laura San Giacomo, American actress
- 1962 - Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
- 1963 - Stéphane Bern, French journalist, radio and television presenter
- 1964 - Bill Hemmer, American journalist
- 1964 - Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist
- 1964 - Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian
- 1966 - Charles Hazlewood, English conductor
- 1966 - Petra Rossner, German cyclist
- 1967 - Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 - Lionel Simmons, American basketball player
- 1969 - Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1970 - Dana Stubblefield, American football player
- 1971 - Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1971 - Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author
- 1971 - Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor
- 1972 - Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster
- 1972 - Josh Duhamel, American model and actor
- 1972 - Lara Giddings, Papua New Guinean-Australian politician, 44th Premier of Tasmania
- 1972 - Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
- 1972 - Dougie Payne, Scottish bass player
- 1972 - Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach
- 1972 - Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster
- 1972 - Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager
- 1973 - Lawyer Milloy, American football player
- 1973 - Rubén Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
- 1973 - Andrew Strong, Irish singer and actor
- 1974 - Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef
- 1974 - Sofie Merckx, Belgian politician
- 1974 - David Moscow, American actor
- 1974 - Joe Principe, American singer and bass player
- 1975 - Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
- 1975 - Stephen Guarino, American actor
- 1975 - Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic
- 1977 - Brian Dietzen, American actor
- 1977 - Obie Trice, American rapper and producer
- 1978 - Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
- 1978 - Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer
- 1978 - Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress
- 1978 - Xavier Nady, American baseball player and coach
- 1979 - Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player
- 1979 - Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress
- 1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress
- 1979 - Pushkar Lele, Indian singer
- 1979 - Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer
- 1979 - Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
- 1980 - Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman
- 1980 - Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress
- 1981 - Vanessa Bayer, American actress
- 1981 - Tom Ferrier, English race car driver
- 1981 - Russell Tovey, English actor
- 1982 - Boosie Badazz, American rapper
- 1982 - Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
- 1982 - Kyle Orton, American football player
- 1982 - Joy Williams, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player
- 1983 - Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer
- 1983 - Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 - Miriam Barnes, American sprinter and hurdler
- 1984 - Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
- 1984 - Courtney Johns, Australian footballer
- 1984 - Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
- 1985 - Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
- 1986 - Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler
- 1986 - Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach
- 1986 - Cory Michael Smith, American actor
- 1987 - Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer
- 1988 - Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1988 - Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress
- 1989 - Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
- 1989 - T. Y. Hilton, American football player
- 1989 - Jake Livermore, English footballer
- 1989 - Stella Maeve, American actress
- 1990 - Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
- 1990 - Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer
- 1991 - Miriam Brouwer, Canadian cyclist
- 1991 - Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 - Graham Patrick Martin, American actor
- 1991 - Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Burmese activist
- 1993 - Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1993 - Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor
- 1993 - Samuel Umtiti, French footballer
- 1996 - Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player
- 1996 - Dawson Knox, American football player
- 1997 - Noussair Mazraoui, Moroccan footballer
- 1997 - Christopher Nkunku, French footballer
- 1997 - Axel Tuanzebe, English-Congolese footballer
- 1998 - Sofia Kenin, American tennis player
- 1998 - DeVonta Smith, American football player
- 2000 - Xiyeon, South Korean singer and actress