What are the important events that happened on November 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 14 is the 319th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 1, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,859,040 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecaenneagon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 76 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,346 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 14 Historical Events
- 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.
- 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.
- 1918 –Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
- 1922 –The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.
- 1941 –World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage from the GS U-81 sustained on November 13.
- 1952 –The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
- 1971 –Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
- 1984 –Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco, a prominent critic of the government of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in his home city.
- 1991 –Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.
- 2001 –War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Who were born on November 14?
- 1878 –Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
- 1895 –Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
- 1896 –Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
- 1922 –Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General
- 1954 –Condoleezza Rice, American educator, diplomat and 66th United States Secretary of State
- 1968 –Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
- 1973 –Lawyer Milloy, American football player
- 1974 –Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor
- 1975 –Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian/American wine expert
- 1981 –Vanessa Bayer, American comedian
Who died on November 14?
- 1522 –Anne of France (b. 1461)
- 1633 –William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
- 1832 –Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American statesman (b. 1737)
- 1907 –Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848)
- 1914 –Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)
- 1984 –Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)
- 1992 –Ernst Happel, Austrian football coach (b. 1925)
- 1999 –Minos Volanakis, Greek theatre director and translator
- 2001 –Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968)
- 2010 –Wes Santee, American middle distance runner (b. 1932)
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